Africa vs China: Oats — Area harvested
Oats — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- China
How they compare
Africa currently reports 164,027 ha against 154,830 ha in China, a difference of 9,197 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
Africa ranks 16th and China ranks 17th of 24 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 1 and China in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 197,356 ha | 1.14 million ha | 947,088 ha | China |
| 1970s | 234,855 ha | 799,800 ha | 564,945 ha | China |
| 1980s | 287,840 ha | 550,150 ha | 262,310 ha | China |
| 1990s | 206,083 ha | 515,720 ha | 309,637 ha | China |
| 2000s | 156,353 ha | 279,700 ha | 123,347 ha | China |
| 2010s | 175,271 ha | 165,638 ha | 9,633 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 152,054 ha | 154,844 ha | 2,791 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oats — area harvested, Africa or China?
- Africa, at 164,027 ha against 154,830 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oats — area harvested between Africa and China?
- 9,197 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and China rank globally for oats — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 16th and China ranks 17th of 24 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oats — 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.