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

South Africa
1.92 million ha
in 2024
Tunisia
1.89 million ha
in 2024
South Africa rank
25th
Tunisia rank
26th

Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • South Africa
  • Tunisia
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How they compare

South Africa currently reports 1.92 million ha against 1.89 million ha in Tunisia, a difference of 33,920 ha.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tunisia ahead.

South Africa ranks 25th and Tunisia ranks 26th of 186 countries.

Tunisia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Africa Tunisia Difference Ahead
1960s 540,433 ha 714,534 ha 174,101 ha Tunisia
1970s 683,756 ha 1.26 million ha 578,373 ha Tunisia
1980s 772,630 ha 1.33 million ha 560,048 ha Tunisia
1990s 865,903 ha 1.43 million ha 562,885 ha Tunisia
2000s 820,927 ha 1.62 million ha 795,289 ha Tunisia
2010s 1.26 million ha 1.68 million ha 421,378 ha Tunisia
2020s 1.69 million ha 2.18 million ha 486,678 ha Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested, South Africa or Tunisia?
South Africa, at 1.92 million ha against 1.89 million ha in Tunisia as of 2024.
What is the difference in oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested between South Africa and Tunisia?
33,920 ha, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Tunisia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do South Africa and Tunisia rank globally for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
South Africa ranks 25th and Tunisia ranks 26th 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.