Central America vs South Africa: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested

Central America
1.35 million ha
in 2024
South Africa
1.92 million ha
in 2024
Central America rank
25th
South Africa rank
25th

Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Central America
  • South Africa
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922024

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 1.92 million ha against 1.35 million ha in Central America, a difference of 565,160 ha.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.4 times Central America's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.

Central America ranks 25th and South Africa ranks 25th of 29 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 6 and South Africa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Central America South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 1.65 million ha 540,433 ha 1.11 million ha Central America
1970s 1.85 million ha 683,756 ha 1.16 million ha Central America
1980s 1.61 million ha 772,630 ha 833,090 ha Central America
1990s 1.08 million ha 865,903 ha 213,204 ha Central America
2000s 874,439 ha 820,927 ha 53,512 ha Central America
2010s 1.32 million ha 1.26 million ha 58,828 ha Central America
2020s 1.42 million ha 1.69 million ha 268,928 ha South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested, Central America or South Africa?
South Africa, at 1.92 million ha against 1.35 million ha in Central America as of 2024.
What is the difference in oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested between Central America and South Africa?
565,160 ha, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and South Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Central America and South Africa rank globally for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
Central America ranks 25th and South Africa ranks 25th of 29 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
235 places, 13,169 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.