China vs Southern Africa: Millet — Area harvested
Millet — Area harvested over time
- China
- Southern Africa
How they compare
China currently reports 884,639 ha against 285,080 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 599,559 ha.
That makes China's figure about 3.1 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 11th and Southern Africa ranks 13th of 86 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.97 million ha | 106,913 ha | 6.87 million ha | China |
| 1970s | 5.52 million ha | 161,523 ha | 5.36 million ha | China |
| 1980s | 3.36 million ha | 181,090 ha | 3.18 million ha | China |
| 1990s | 1.70 million ha | 252,584 ha | 1.44 million ha | China |
| 2000s | 963,032 ha | 261,501 ha | 701,531 ha | China |
| 2010s | 764,148 ha | 259,753 ha | 504,394 ha | China |
| 2020s | 882,698 ha | 279,856 ha | 602,842 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher millet — area harvested, China or Southern Africa?
- China, at 884,639 ha against 285,080 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in millet — area harvested between China and Southern Africa?
- 599,559 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Southern Africa rank globally for millet — area harvested?
- China ranks 11th and Southern Africa ranks 13th of 86 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Millet — 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.