Canada vs Southern Asia: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested

Canada
11.67 million ha
in 2024
Southern Asia
49.66 million ha
in 2024
Canada rank
8th
Southern Asia rank
5th

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Canada
  • Southern Asia
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How they compare

Southern Asia currently reports 49.66 million ha against 11.67 million ha in Canada, a difference of 37.98 million ha.

That makes Southern Asia's figure about 4.3 times Canada's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Asia has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 8th and Southern Asia ranks 5th of 184 countries.

Southern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Southern Asia Difference Ahead
1960s 1.39 million ha 27.97 million ha 26.59 million ha Southern Asia
1970s 2.80 million ha 29.28 million ha 26.48 million ha Southern Asia
1980s 3.73 million ha 32.00 million ha 28.28 million ha Southern Asia
1990s 6.06 million ha 40.26 million ha 34.20 million ha Southern Asia
2000s 7.25 million ha 41.03 million ha 33.79 million ha Southern Asia
2010s 11.11 million ha 44.95 million ha 33.84 million ha Southern Asia
2020s 11.47 million ha 49.05 million ha 37.57 million ha Southern Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested, Canada or Southern Asia?
Southern Asia, at 49.66 million ha against 11.67 million ha in Canada as of 2024.
What is the difference in oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested between Canada and Southern Asia?
37.98 million ha, with Southern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Southern Asia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Canada and Southern Asia rank globally for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
Canada ranks 8th and Southern Asia ranks 5th 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

Indicator
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,029 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.