Portugal vs Zambia: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested

Portugal
371,736 ha
in 2017
Zambia
401,297 ha
in 2024
Portugal rank
67th
Zambia rank
65th

Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Portugal
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 401,297 ha against 371,736 ha in Portugal, a difference of 29,561 ha.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.

Portugal ranks 67th and Zambia ranks 65th of 186 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal Zambia Difference Ahead
1960s 398.22 ha 68,695 ha 68,297 ha Zambia
1970s 28,473 ha 111,632 ha 83,158 ha Zambia
1980s 210,825 ha 148,090 ha 62,735 ha Portugal
1990s 426,296 ha 201,703 ha 224,593 ha Portugal
2000s 378,951 ha 256,800 ha 122,150 ha Portugal
2010s 368,226 ha 553,142 ha 184,915 ha Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested, Portugal or Zambia?
Zambia, at 401,297 ha against 371,736 ha in Portugal as of 2024.
What is the difference in oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested between Portugal and Zambia?
29,561 ha, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Zambia?
57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Portugal and Zambia rank globally for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
Portugal ranks 67th and Zambia ranks 65th 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

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
Last refreshed

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.