Italy vs South Africa: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested over time
- Italy
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 1.92 million ha against 1.67 million ha in Italy, a difference of 252,840 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.2 times Italy's.
Across all 57 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 28th and South Africa ranks 25th of 186 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.29 million ha | 540,433 ha | 750,489 ha | Italy |
| 1970s | 1.38 million ha | 683,756 ha | 699,209 ha | Italy |
| 1980s | 1.49 million ha | 772,630 ha | 715,986 ha | Italy |
| 1990s | 1.73 million ha | 865,903 ha | 860,726 ha | Italy |
| 2000s | 1.59 million ha | 820,927 ha | 771,859 ha | Italy |
| 2010s | 1.59 million ha | 1.20 million ha | 383,288 ha | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested, Italy or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 1.92 million ha against 1.67 million ha in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested between Italy and South Africa?
- 252,840 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and South Africa?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Italy and South Africa rank globally for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 28th and South Africa ranks 25th of 186 countries.
- 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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About this data
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.