South Africa vs Southern Europe: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested over time
- South Africa
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Southern Europe currently reports 512,270 ha against 110,653 ha in South Africa, a difference of 401,617 ha.
That makes Southern Europe's figure about 4.6 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Europe has been ahead every year.
South Africa ranks 14th and Southern Europe ranks 14th of 156 countries.
Southern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,433 ha | 298,413 ha | 267,980 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1970s | 33,760 ha | 419,975 ha | 386,215 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1980s | 37,125 ha | 467,215 ha | 430,090 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1990s | 51,756 ha | 528,190 ha | 476,434 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2000s | 70,969 ha | 564,795 ha | 493,825 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2010s | 77,817 ha | 535,865 ha | 458,048 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2020s | 104,593 ha | 513,745 ha | 409,152 ha | Southern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher citrus fruit, total — area harvested, South Africa or Southern Europe?
- Southern Europe, at 512,270 ha against 110,653 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in citrus fruit, total — area harvested between South Africa and Southern Europe?
- 401,617 ha, with Southern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Southern Europe rank globally for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 14th and Southern Europe ranks 14th 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
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.