Chad vs Southern Africa: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested

Chad
1.50 million ha
in 2024
Southern Africa
1.93 million ha
in 2024
Chad rank
26th
Southern Africa rank
23rd

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Chad
  • Southern Africa
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922024

How they compare

Southern Africa currently reports 1.93 million ha against 1.50 million ha in Chad, a difference of 427,790 ha.

That makes Southern Africa's figure about 1.3 times Chad's.

The two have swapped places 18 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.

Chad ranks 26th and Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 184 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 1 and Southern Africa in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad Southern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 498,075 ha 546,463 ha 48,389 ha Southern Africa
1970s 474,354 ha 703,817 ha 229,463 ha Southern Africa
1980s 359,360 ha 791,055 ha 431,695 ha Southern Africa
1990s 636,596 ha 892,919 ha 256,323 ha Southern Africa
2000s 829,729 ha 835,173 ha 5,444 ha Southern Africa
2010s 1.34 million ha 1.26 million ha 71,485 ha Chad
2020s 1.44 million ha 1.70 million ha 252,976 ha Southern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested, Chad or Southern Africa?
Southern Africa, at 1.93 million ha against 1.50 million ha in Chad as of 2024.
What is the difference in oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested between Chad and Southern Africa?
427,790 ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Southern Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Chad and Southern Africa rank globally for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
Chad ranks 26th and Southern Africa ranks 23rd 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.