Viet Nam vs Western Africa: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested over time
- Viet Nam
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 23.25 million ha against 389,062 ha in Viet Nam, a difference of 22.86 million ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 59.8 times Viet Nam's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Viet Nam ranks 13th and Western Africa ranks 14th of 20 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Viet Nam | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 175,629 ha | 8.65 million ha | 8.48 million ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 182,780 ha | 8.16 million ha | 7.98 million ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 456,361 ha | 7.28 million ha | 6.83 million ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 605,298 ha | 10.54 million ha | 9.93 million ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 614,158 ha | 13.50 million ha | 12.88 million ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 510,189 ha | 17.94 million ha | 17.43 million ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 400,737 ha | 22.39 million ha | 21.99 million ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested, Viet Nam or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 23.25 million ha against 389,062 ha in Viet Nam as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested between Viet Nam and Western Africa?
- 22.86 million ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Viet Nam and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Viet Nam and Western Africa rank globally for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Viet Nam ranks 13th and Western Africa ranks 14th of 20 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.