Somalia vs South Africa: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested

Somalia
18,571 ha
in 2024
South Africa
24,739 ha
in 2024
Somalia rank
54th
South Africa rank
51st

Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Somalia
  • South Africa
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How they compare

South Africa currently reports 24,739 ha against 18,571 ha in Somalia, a difference of 6,168 ha.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.3 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.

Somalia ranks 54th and South Africa ranks 51st of 133 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Somalia South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 11,722 ha 57,478 ha 45,756 ha South Africa
1970s 10,500 ha 76,810 ha 66,310 ha South Africa
1980s 11,970 ha 139,650 ha 127,680 ha South Africa
1990s 13,200 ha 85,102 ha 71,902 ha South Africa
2000s 15,900 ha 32,995 ha 17,095 ha South Africa
2010s 17,461 ha 22,320 ha 4,859 ha South Africa
2020s 18,411 ha 25,927 ha 7,515 ha South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, Somalia or South Africa?
South Africa, at 24,739 ha against 18,571 ha in Somalia as of 2024.
What is the difference in fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested between Somalia and South Africa?
6,168 ha, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and South Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Somalia and South Africa rank globally for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
Somalia ranks 54th and South Africa ranks 51st of 133 countries.
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.