Australia vs South Africa: Grapes — Area harvested
Grapes — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- South Africa
How they compare
Australia currently reports 135,264 ha against 103,955 ha in South Africa, a difference of 31,309 ha.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Australia ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 16th of 98 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and South Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,575 ha | 81,899 ha | 31,324 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 60,705 ha | 105,817 ha | 45,112 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 59,698 ha | 98,000 ha | 38,302 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 65,730 ha | 103,722 ha | 37,992 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 149,964 ha | 113,390 ha | 36,574 ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 144,876 ha | 114,462 ha | 30,414 ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 150,967 ha | 112,070 ha | 38,897 ha | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher grapes — area harvested, Australia or South Africa?
- Australia, at 135,264 ha against 103,955 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in grapes — area harvested between Australia and South Africa?
- 31,309 ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and South Africa rank globally for grapes — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 16th of 98 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Grapes — 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.