Colombia vs Northern Africa: Oranges — Area harvested
Oranges — Area harvested over time
- Colombia
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 308,761 ha against 46,827 ha in Colombia, a difference of 261,934 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 6.6 times Colombia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Colombia ranks 12th and Northern Africa ranks 9th of 136 countries.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,322 ha | 83,706 ha | 78,383 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 8,128 ha | 114,053 ha | 105,925 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 15,281 ha | 141,608 ha | 126,327 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 18,232 ha | 185,151 ha | 166,919 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 20,358 ha | 192,320 ha | 171,962 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 17,433 ha | 251,041 ha | 233,608 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 42,296 ha | 296,753 ha | 254,457 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oranges — area harvested, Colombia or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 308,761 ha against 46,827 ha in Colombia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oranges — area harvested between Colombia and Northern Africa?
- 261,934 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Northern Africa rank globally for oranges — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 12th and Northern Africa ranks 9th of 136 countries.
- 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.