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

France
2.19 million ha
in 2017
Southern Africa
1.93 million ha
in 2024
France rank
22nd
Southern Africa rank
23rd

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • France
  • Southern Africa
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How they compare

France currently reports 2.19 million ha against 1.93 million ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 256,980 ha.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Southern Africa's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.

France ranks 22nd and Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 184 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, France averaged higher in 4 and Southern Africa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Southern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 247,730 ha 546,463 ha 298,733 ha Southern Africa
1970s 412,497 ha 703,817 ha 291,320 ha Southern Africa
1980s 1.23 million ha 791,055 ha 436,117 ha France
1990s 1.91 million ha 892,919 ha 1.01 million ha France
2000s 2.00 million ha 835,173 ha 1.17 million ha France
2010s 2.29 million ha 1.21 million ha 1.08 million ha France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested, France or Southern Africa?
France, at 2.19 million ha against 1.93 million ha in Southern Africa as of 2017.
What is the difference in oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested between France and Southern Africa?
256,980 ha, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Southern Africa?
57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do France and Southern Africa rank globally for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
France ranks 22nd 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.