Malawi vs Southern Africa: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested

Malawi
50,120 ha
in 2024
Southern Africa
123,328 ha
in 2024
Malawi rank
23rd
Southern Africa rank
22nd

Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Malawi
  • Southern Africa
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k196119922024

How they compare

Southern Africa currently reports 123,328 ha against 50,120 ha in Malawi, a difference of 73,208 ha.

That makes Southern Africa's figure about 2.5 times Malawi's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Africa has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 23rd and Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 156 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Southern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 181.11 ha 36,660 ha 36,479 ha Southern Africa
1970s 260 ha 45,433 ha 45,173 ha Southern Africa
1980s 318 ha 48,698 ha 48,380 ha Southern Africa
1990s 749.1 ha 61,292 ha 60,542 ha Southern Africa
2000s 571.3 ha 81,656 ha 81,085 ha Southern Africa
2010s 17,002 ha 90,137 ha 73,135 ha Southern Africa
2020s 45,550 ha 117,258 ha 71,708 ha Southern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher citrus fruit, total — area harvested, Malawi or Southern Africa?
Southern Africa, at 123,328 ha against 50,120 ha in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in citrus fruit, total — area harvested between Malawi and Southern Africa?
73,208 ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Southern Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Southern Africa rank globally for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
Malawi ranks 23rd and Southern Africa ranks 22nd of 156 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Citrus Fruit, Total — 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
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
200 places, 9,943 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.