Argentina vs South America: Oats — Area harvested
Oats — Area harvested over time
- Argentina
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 948,555 ha against 277,521 ha in Argentina, a difference of 671,034 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 3.4 times Argentina's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Argentina ranks 10th and South America ranks 8th of 79 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 488,167 ha | 687,620 ha | 199,453 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 379,295 ha | 568,862 ha | 189,567 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 382,161 ha | 630,522 ha | 248,361 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 328,280 ha | 674,681 ha | 346,401 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 256,225 ha | 629,382 ha | 373,157 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 236,821 ha | 684,579 ha | 447,758 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 289,594 ha | 953,403 ha | 663,809 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oats — area harvested, Argentina or South America?
- South America, at 948,555 ha against 277,521 ha in Argentina as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oats — area harvested between Argentina and South America?
- 671,034 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Argentina and South America rank globally for oats — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 10th and South America ranks 8th of 79 countries.
- 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.