Portugal vs Spain: Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested
Locust beans (carobs) — Area harvested over time
- Portugal
- Spain
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 13,240 ha against 2,368 ha in Spain, a difference of 10,872 ha.
That makes Portugal's figure about 5.6 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Spain ahead.
Portugal ranks 1st and Spain ranks 4th of 15 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9,100 ha | 97,080 ha | 87,980 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 13,592 ha | 102.2 ha | 13,490 ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 13,656 ha | 112.6 ha | 13,543 ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 13,551 ha | 1,254 ha | 12,297 ha | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher locust beans (carobs) — area harvested, Portugal or Spain?
- Portugal, at 13,240 ha against 2,368 ha in Spain as of 2017.
- What is the difference in locust beans (carobs) — area harvested between Portugal and Spain?
- 10,872 ha, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2017.
- How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for locust beans (carobs) — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 1st and Spain ranks 4th of 15 countries.
- 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.