Portugal vs South Africa: Oats — Area harvested
Oats — Area harvested over time
- Portugal
- South Africa
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 36,100 ha against 31,000 ha in South Africa, a difference of 5,100 ha.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.2 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.
Portugal ranks 36th and South Africa ranks 37th of 79 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 250,132 ha | 74,444 ha | 175,687 ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 175,863 ha | 70,500 ha | 105,363 ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 157,461 ha | 43,500 ha | 113,961 ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 77,276 ha | 28,546 ha | 48,730 ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 58,048 ha | 25,114 ha | 32,934 ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 44,812 ha | 23,248 ha | 21,564 ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 29,624 ha | 29,590 ha | 34 ha | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oats — area harvested, Portugal or South Africa?
- Portugal, at 36,100 ha against 31,000 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oats — area harvested between Portugal and South Africa?
- 5,100 ha, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Portugal and South Africa rank globally for oats — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 36th and South Africa ranks 37th 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.