South Africa vs Southern Africa: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested over time
- South Africa
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Southern Africa currently reports 1.94 million ha against 1.92 million ha in South Africa, a difference of 17,910 ha.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Africa has been ahead every year.
South Africa ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 24th of 186 countries.
Southern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 540,433 ha | 561,874 ha | 21,441 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 683,756 ha | 711,717 ha | 27,960 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 772,630 ha | 799,055 ha | 26,425 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 865,903 ha | 899,820 ha | 33,918 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 820,927 ha | 842,882 ha | 21,955 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 1.26 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 14,262 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 1.69 million ha | 1.71 million ha | 17,140 ha | Southern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested, South Africa or Southern Africa?
- Southern Africa, at 1.94 million ha against 1.92 million ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested between South Africa and Southern Africa?
- 17,910 ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Southern Africa rank globally for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 24th 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.