Eastern Africa vs South Africa: Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Production
Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Production over time
- Eastern Africa
- South Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 36,633 t against 2,314 t in South Africa, a difference of 34,319 t.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 15.8 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 9th and South Africa ranks 11th of 16 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,479 t | 1,019 t | 31,460 t | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 32,437 t | 2,463 t | 29,974 t | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 32,824 t | 3,200 t | 29,624 t | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 35,537 t | 2,890 t | 32,647 t | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 36,299 t | 2,847 t | 33,452 t | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 34,173 t | 2,467 t | 31,706 t | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 37,090 t | 2,324 t | 34,766 t | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — production, Eastern Africa or South Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 36,633 t against 2,314 t in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — production between Eastern Africa and South Africa?
- 34,319 t, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and South Africa rank globally for other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 9th and South Africa ranks 11th of 16 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Other fibre crops, raw, n.e.c. — Production. 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.