China vs Northern Africa: Oats — Area harvested
Oats — Area harvested over time
- China
- Northern Africa
How they compare
China currently reports 154,830 ha against 100,640 ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 54,190 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.5 times Northern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 17th and Northern Africa ranks 18th of 79 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.14 million ha | 91,624 ha | 1.05 million ha | China |
| 1970s | 799,800 ha | 143,006 ha | 656,794 ha | China |
| 1980s | 550,150 ha | 197,002 ha | 353,148 ha | China |
| 1990s | 515,720 ha | 125,562 ha | 390,159 ha | China |
| 2000s | 279,700 ha | 86,560 ha | 193,140 ha | China |
| 2010s | 165,638 ha | 113,136 ha | 52,502 ha | China |
| 2020s | 154,844 ha | 89,296 ha | 65,548 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oats — area harvested, China or Northern Africa?
- China, at 154,830 ha against 100,640 ha in Northern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oats — area harvested between China and Northern Africa?
- 54,190 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Northern Africa rank globally for oats — area harvested?
- China ranks 17th and Northern Africa ranks 18th 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.