Egypt vs Northern Africa: Figs — Area harvested
Figs — Area harvested over time
- Egypt
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 156,818 ha against 31,688 ha in Egypt, a difference of 125,130 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 4.9 times Egypt's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 3rd and Northern Africa ranks 3rd of 68 countries.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,597 ha | 51,042 ha | 49,444 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 2,982 ha | 66,214 ha | 63,232 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 5,494 ha | 79,544 ha | 74,050 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 19,529 ha | 126,770 ha | 107,241 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 37,376 ha | 144,900 ha | 107,525 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 28,579 ha | 148,777 ha | 120,197 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 31,632 ha | 155,643 ha | 124,011 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher figs — area harvested, Egypt or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 156,818 ha against 31,688 ha in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in figs — area harvested between Egypt and Northern Africa?
- 125,130 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Northern Africa rank globally for figs — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 3rd and Northern Africa ranks 3rd of 68 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Figs — 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.