Mali vs Spain: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Mali
6.30 million ha
in 2024
Spain
5.51 million ha
in 2024
Mali rank
27th
Spain rank
29th

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Mali
  • Spain
2.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922024

How they compare

Mali currently reports 6.30 million ha against 5.51 million ha in Spain, a difference of 792,620 ha.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.

Mali ranks 27th and Spain ranks 29th of 178 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mali Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 1.43 million ha 7.16 million ha 5.73 million ha Spain
1970s 1.37 million ha 7.36 million ha 5.99 million ha Spain
1980s 1.71 million ha 7.63 million ha 5.93 million ha Spain
1990s 2.44 million ha 6.95 million ha 4.51 million ha Spain
2000s 3.07 million ha 6.52 million ha 3.45 million ha Spain
2010s 5.09 million ha 6.12 million ha 1.04 million ha Spain
2020s 6.20 million ha 5.78 million ha 422,864 ha Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Mali or Spain?
Mali, at 6.30 million ha against 5.51 million ha in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Mali and Spain?
792,620 ha, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Spain?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mali and Spain rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Mali ranks 27th and Spain ranks 29th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.