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

Southern Africa
1.94 million ha
in 2024
Tunisia
1.89 million ha
in 2024
Southern Africa rank
24th
Tunisia rank
26th

Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested over time

  • Southern Africa
  • Tunisia
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How they compare

Southern Africa currently reports 1.94 million ha against 1.89 million ha in Tunisia, a difference of 51,830 ha.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.

Southern Africa ranks 24th and Tunisia ranks 26th of 29 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Southern Africa Tunisia Difference Ahead
1960s 561,874 ha 714,534 ha 152,660 ha Tunisia
1970s 711,717 ha 1.26 million ha 550,412 ha Tunisia
1980s 799,055 ha 1.33 million ha 533,623 ha Tunisia
1990s 899,820 ha 1.43 million ha 528,968 ha Tunisia
2000s 842,882 ha 1.62 million ha 773,334 ha Tunisia
2010s 1.27 million ha 1.68 million ha 407,116 ha Tunisia
2020s 1.71 million ha 2.18 million ha 469,538 ha Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested, Southern Africa or Tunisia?
Southern Africa, at 1.94 million ha against 1.89 million ha in Tunisia as of 2024.
What is the difference in oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested between Southern Africa and Tunisia?
51,830 ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Africa and Tunisia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Southern Africa and Tunisia rank globally for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
Southern Africa ranks 24th and Tunisia ranks 26th of 29 groups.
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
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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.