Benin vs South Africa: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 1.91 million ha against 1.48 million ha in Benin, a difference of 428,750 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.3 times Benin's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 27th and South Africa ranks 24th of 184 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 150,592 ha | 525,022 ha | 374,430 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 160,999 ha | 675,856 ha | 514,857 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 189,955 ha | 764,630 ha | 574,675 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 400,386 ha | 859,003 ha | 458,616 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 467,016 ha | 813,218 ha | 346,202 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 753,019 ha | 1.25 million ha | 497,682 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 1.22 million ha | 1.68 million ha | 462,524 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested, Benin or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 1.91 million ha against 1.48 million ha in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested between Benin and South Africa?
- 428,750 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and South Africa rank globally for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 27th and South Africa ranks 24th of 184 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.