Northern Africa vs Thailand: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- Northern Africa
- Thailand
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 21.16 million ha against 12.53 million ha in Thailand, a difference of 8.64 million ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 1.7 times Thailand's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Northern Africa ranks 18th and Thailand ranks 15th of 29 groups.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.74 million ha | 7.17 million ha | 5.58 million ha | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 15.24 million ha | 9.07 million ha | 6.17 million ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 16.93 million ha | 11.28 million ha | 5.65 million ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 19.82 million ha | 10.64 million ha | 9.19 million ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 20.85 million ha | 11.43 million ha | 9.42 million ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 22.23 million ha | 12.47 million ha | 9.75 million ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 21.05 million ha | 12.40 million ha | 8.65 million ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, Northern Africa or Thailand?
- Northern Africa, at 21.16 million ha against 12.53 million ha in Thailand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between Northern Africa and Thailand?
- 8.64 million ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Thailand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Northern Africa and Thailand rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 18th and Thailand ranks 15th of 29 groups.
- 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
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.