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

Romania
1.77 million ha
in 2017
Southern Africa
1.93 million ha
in 2024
Romania rank
25th
Southern Africa rank
23rd

Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested over time

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

How they compare

Southern Africa currently reports 1.93 million ha against 1.77 million ha in Romania, a difference of 158,690 ha.

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

The two have swapped places 11 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.

Romania ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 184 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Romania Southern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 586,547 ha 546,463 ha 40,084 ha Romania
1970s 831,577 ha 703,817 ha 127,760 ha Romania
1980s 971,194 ha 791,055 ha 180,138 ha Romania
1990s 858,558 ha 892,919 ha 34,361 ha Southern Africa
2000s 1.14 million ha 835,173 ha 307,471 ha Romania
2010s 1.49 million ha 1.21 million ha 283,337 ha Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested, Romania or Southern Africa?
Southern Africa, at 1.93 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 Southern Africa?
158,690 ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Southern Africa?
57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Romania and Southern Africa rank globally for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
Romania ranks 25th 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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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.