Kazakhstan vs South Africa: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested

Kazakhstan
2.89 million ha
in 2024
South Africa
1.92 million ha
in 2024
Kazakhstan rank
22nd
South Africa rank
25th

Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Kazakhstan
  • South Africa
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How they compare

Kazakhstan currently reports 2.89 million ha against 1.92 million ha in South Africa, a difference of 967,430 ha.

That makes Kazakhstan's figure about 1.5 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was South Africa ahead.

Kazakhstan ranks 22nd and South Africa ranks 25th of 186 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Kazakhstan averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kazakhstan South Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 505,878 ha 854,706 ha 348,827 ha South Africa
2000s 814,278 ha 820,927 ha 6,648 ha South Africa
2010s 2.20 million ha 1.26 million ha 937,883 ha Kazakhstan
2020s 3.02 million ha 1.69 million ha 1.33 million ha Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested, Kazakhstan or South Africa?
Kazakhstan, at 2.89 million ha against 1.92 million ha in South Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested between Kazakhstan and South Africa?
967,430 ha, with Kazakhstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and South Africa?
33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
How do Kazakhstan and South Africa rank globally for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
Kazakhstan ranks 22nd 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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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.