Somalia vs South Africa: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested over time
- Somalia
- South Africa
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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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.