Congo vs South Africa: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested over time
- Congo
- South Africa
How they compare
Congo currently reports 49,569 ha against 41,200 ha in South Africa, a difference of 8,369 ha.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.2 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Congo ranks 37th and South Africa ranks 40th of 112 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,856 ha | 297,444 ha | 271,589 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 24,804 ha | 284,500 ha | 259,696 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 21,872 ha | 245,900 ha | 224,028 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 25,745 ha | 127,855 ha | 102,110 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 42,300 ha | 70,118 ha | 27,818 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 49,802 ha | 47,002 ha | 2,799 ha | Congo |
| 2020s | 49,462 ha | 38,390 ha | 11,072 ha | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested, Congo or South Africa?
- Congo, at 49,569 ha against 41,200 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested between Congo and South Africa?
- 8,369 ha, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Congo and South Africa rank globally for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Congo ranks 37th and South Africa ranks 40th of 112 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.