Africa vs South Africa: Pears — Area harvested
Pears — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- South Africa
How they compare
Africa currently reports 46,014 ha against 12,235 ha in South Africa, a difference of 33,779 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 3.8 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 8th and South Africa ranks 10th of 25 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,650 ha | 5,333 ha | 4,317 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 14,601 ha | 6,300 ha | 8,301 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 29,096 ha | 8,030 ha | 21,066 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 43,577 ha | 10,968 ha | 32,609 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 51,740 ha | 12,438 ha | 39,301 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 56,133 ha | 11,669 ha | 44,464 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 48,296 ha | 12,891 ha | 35,405 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pears — area harvested, Africa or South Africa?
- Africa, at 46,014 ha against 12,235 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pears — area harvested between Africa and South Africa?
- 33,779 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and South Africa rank globally for pears — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 8th and South Africa ranks 10th of 25 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pears — 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.