Namibia vs Somalia: Cereals, primary — Area harvested

Namibia
332,033 ha
in 2024
Somalia
353,654 ha
in 2024
Namibia rank
105th
Somalia rank
102nd

Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time

  • Namibia
  • Somalia
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How they compare

Somalia currently reports 353,654 ha against 332,033 ha in Namibia, a difference of 21,621 ha.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Somalia ahead.

Namibia ranks 105th and Somalia ranks 102nd of 178 countries.

Somalia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia Somalia Difference Ahead
1960s 114,550 ha 516,111 ha 401,561 ha Somalia
1970s 173,200 ha 529,404 ha 356,204 ha Somalia
1980s 203,877 ha 717,810 ha 513,933 ha Somalia
1990s 284,344 ha 553,302 ha 268,958 ha Somalia
2000s 289,007 ha 521,746 ha 232,739 ha Somalia
2010s 291,940 ha 379,684 ha 87,743 ha Somalia
2020s 330,705 ha 353,657 ha 22,952 ha Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Namibia or Somalia?
Somalia, at 353,654 ha against 332,033 ha in Namibia as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Namibia and Somalia?
21,621 ha, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Somalia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Namibia and Somalia rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Namibia ranks 105th and Somalia ranks 102nd 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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About this data

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
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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.