Central America vs Zimbabwe: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested

Central America
158,531 ha
in 2024
Zimbabwe
159,250 ha
in 2024
Central America rank
24th
Zimbabwe rank
25th

Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Central America
  • Zimbabwe
0500.0k1.0M1.5M196119922024

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 159,250 ha against 158,531 ha in Central America, a difference of 719 ha.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.

Central America ranks 24th and Zimbabwe ranks 25th of 28 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 6 and Zimbabwe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Central America Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1960s 1.23 million ha 24,230 ha 1.20 million ha Central America
1970s 943,357 ha 115,232 ha 828,125 ha Central America
1980s 564,728 ha 181,939 ha 382,789 ha Central America
1990s 317,163 ha 247,684 ha 69,479 ha Central America
2000s 142,924 ha 328,801 ha 185,877 ha Zimbabwe
2010s 206,588 ha 169,603 ha 36,985 ha Central America
2020s 191,136 ha 129,934 ha 61,202 ha Central America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, Central America or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 159,250 ha against 158,531 ha in Central America as of 2024.
What is the difference in fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested between Central America and Zimbabwe?
719 ha, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Zimbabwe?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Central America and Zimbabwe rank globally for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
Central America ranks 24th and Zimbabwe ranks 25th of 28 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
176 places, 9,571 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.