Israel vs Southern Africa: Dates — Area harvested
Dates — Area harvested over time
- Israel
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Israel currently reports 5,279 ha against 843 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 4,436 ha.
That makes Israel's figure about 6.3 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 28 years both countries report, Israel has been ahead every year.
Israel ranks 19th and Southern Africa ranks 16th of 37 countries.
Israel has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,266 ha | 208.67 ha | 1,058 ha | Israel |
| 2000s | 2,845 ha | 253.6 ha | 2,591 ha | Israel |
| 2010s | 4,372 ha | 280.2 ha | 4,091 ha | Israel |
| 2020s | 5,329 ha | 758 ha | 4,571 ha | Israel |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dates — area harvested, Israel or Southern Africa?
- Israel, at 5,279 ha against 843 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in dates — area harvested between Israel and Southern Africa?
- 4,436 ha, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Southern Africa?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2024.
- How do Israel and Southern Africa rank globally for dates — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 19th and Southern Africa ranks 16th of 37 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Dates — 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.