Africa vs Italy: Oranges — Area harvested
Oranges — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Italy
How they compare
Africa currently reports 543,861 ha against 85,010 ha in Italy, a difference of 458,851 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 6.4 times Italy's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 5th and Italy ranks 9th of 28 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 155,578 ha | 70,744 ha | 84,833 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 214,722 ha | 96,420 ha | 118,302 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 258,123 ha | 103,729 ha | 154,394 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 338,956 ha | 107,057 ha | 231,899 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 372,352 ha | 104,543 ha | 267,809 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 460,481 ha | 88,620 ha | 371,860 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 524,113 ha | 84,688 ha | 439,425 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oranges — area harvested, Africa or Italy?
- Africa, at 543,861 ha against 85,010 ha in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oranges — area harvested between Africa and Italy?
- 458,851 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Italy?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Italy rank globally for oranges — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 5th and Italy ranks 9th of 28 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oranges — 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.