Africa vs Sweden: Oats — Area harvested

Africa
164,027 ha
in 2024
Sweden
157,430 ha
in 2024
Africa rank
16th
Sweden rank
14th

Oats — Area harvested over time

  • Africa
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Africa currently reports 164,027 ha against 157,430 ha in Sweden, a difference of 6,597 ha.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.

Africa ranks 16th and Sweden ranks 14th of 24 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Sweden Difference Ahead
1960s 197,356 ha 475,059 ha 277,703 ha Sweden
1970s 234,855 ha 472,927 ha 238,072 ha Sweden
1980s 287,840 ha 436,813 ha 148,973 ha Sweden
1990s 206,083 ha 319,036 ha 112,952 ha Sweden
2000s 156,353 ha 238,717 ha 82,363 ha Sweden
2010s 175,271 ha 164,791 ha 10,480 ha Africa
2020s 152,054 ha 159,104 ha 7,050 ha Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oats — area harvested, Africa or Sweden?
Africa, at 164,027 ha against 157,430 ha in Sweden as of 2024.
What is the difference in oats — area harvested between Africa and Sweden?
6,597 ha, with Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Sweden?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Africa and Sweden rank globally for oats — area harvested?
Africa ranks 16th and Sweden ranks 14th 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

Indicator
Oats — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
112 places, 5,928 data points, 1961–2024
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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.