Romania vs South Africa: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested

Romania
1.77 million ha
in 2017
South Africa
1.91 million ha
in 2024
Romania rank
25th
South Africa rank
24th

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Romania
  • South Africa
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M196119922024

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 1.91 million ha against 1.77 million ha in Romania, a difference of 140,790 ha.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Romania ahead.

Romania ranks 25th and South Africa ranks 24th of 184 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 5 and South Africa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Romania South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 586,547 ha 525,022 ha 61,525 ha Romania
1970s 831,577 ha 675,856 ha 155,720 ha Romania
1980s 971,194 ha 764,630 ha 206,564 ha Romania
1990s 858,558 ha 859,003 ha 444.7 ha South Africa
2000s 1.14 million ha 813,218 ha 329,426 ha Romania
2010s 1.49 million ha 1.19 million ha 298,308 ha Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested, Romania or South Africa?
South Africa, at 1.91 million ha against 1.77 million ha in Romania as of 2024.
What is the difference in oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested between Romania and South Africa?
140,790 ha, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and South Africa?
57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Romania and South Africa rank globally for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
Romania ranks 25th 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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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
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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.