Africa vs Spain: Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Spain
How they compare
Africa currently reports 11,831 ha against 2,368 ha in Spain, a difference of 9,463 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 5.0 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Africa ranks 4th and Spain ranks 4th of 11 groups.
Across the 6 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,089 ha | 151,056 ha | 141,967 ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 5,770 ha | 143,340 ha | 137,570 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 6,979 ha | 103,690 ha | 96,711 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 12,641 ha | 102.2 ha | 12,539 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 12,688 ha | 112.6 ha | 12,576 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 11,476 ha | 1,254 ha | 10,222 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher locust beans (carobs) — area harvested, Africa or Spain?
- Africa, at 11,831 ha against 2,368 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in locust beans (carobs) — area harvested between Africa and Spain?
- 9,463 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Spain?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Africa and Spain rank globally for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 4th and Spain ranks 4th of 11 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Locust beans (carobs) — 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.