Northern Africa vs Spain: Oranges — Area harvested
Oranges — Area harvested over time
- Northern Africa
- Spain
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 308,761 ha against 142,480 ha in Spain, a difference of 166,281 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 2.2 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Northern Africa ranks 9th and Spain ranks 7th of 28 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Northern Africa averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,706 ha | 98,211 ha | 14,505 ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 114,053 ha | 129,890 ha | 15,837 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 141,608 ha | 117,760 ha | 23,847 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 185,151 ha | 134,971 ha | 50,180 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 192,320 ha | 139,736 ha | 52,584 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 251,041 ha | 146,539 ha | 104,502 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 296,753 ha | 142,968 ha | 153,785 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oranges — area harvested, Northern Africa or Spain?
- Northern Africa, at 308,761 ha against 142,480 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oranges — area harvested between Northern Africa and Spain?
- 166,281 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Northern Africa and Spain rank globally for oranges — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 9th and Spain ranks 7th 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.