Northern Africa vs South Africa: Pears — Area harvested
Pears — Area harvested over time
- Northern Africa
- South Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 31,376 ha against 12,235 ha in South Africa, a difference of 19,141 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 2.6 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Northern Africa ranks 13th and South Africa ranks 10th of 25 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Northern Africa averaged higher in 6 and South Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,190 ha | 5,333 ha | 1,143 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 8,079 ha | 6,300 ha | 1,779 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 20,427 ha | 8,030 ha | 12,397 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 31,064 ha | 10,968 ha | 20,096 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 37,292 ha | 12,438 ha | 24,853 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 42,097 ha | 11,669 ha | 30,428 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 33,000 ha | 12,891 ha | 20,109 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pears — area harvested, Northern Africa or South Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 31,376 ha against 12,235 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pears — area harvested between Northern Africa and South Africa?
- 19,141 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Northern Africa and South Africa rank globally for pears — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 13th 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.