Afghanistan vs South Africa: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested over time
- Afghanistan
- South Africa
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 35,601 ha against 28,523 ha in South Africa, a difference of 7,078 ha.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.2 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 25th and South Africa ranks 28th of 140 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 3 and South Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38,701 ha | 15,168 ha | 23,533 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 28,629 ha | 18,632 ha | 9,997 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 16,626 ha | 27,360 ha | 10,734 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 29,890 ha | 28,367 ha | 1,523 ha | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested, Afghanistan or South Africa?
- Afghanistan, at 35,601 ha against 28,523 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested between Afghanistan and South Africa?
- 7,078 ha, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and South Africa?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and South Africa rank globally for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 25th and South Africa ranks 28th of 140 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — 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.