Portugal vs Southern Africa: Pears — Area harvested
Pears — Area harvested over time
- Portugal
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Southern Africa currently reports 12,235 ha against 10,230 ha in Portugal, a difference of 2,005 ha.
That makes Southern Africa's figure about 1.2 times Portugal's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.
Portugal ranks 14th and Southern Africa ranks 20th of 87 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 4 and Southern Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,060 ha | 5,333 ha | 273.33 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 6,971 ha | 6,300 ha | 670.6 ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 11,331 ha | 8,030 ha | 3,301 ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 13,743 ha | 10,968 ha | 2,775 ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 11,834 ha | 12,438 ha | 604 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 11,779 ha | 11,669 ha | 110 ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 10,880 ha | 12,891 ha | 2,011 ha | Southern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pears — area harvested, Portugal or Southern Africa?
- Southern Africa, at 12,235 ha against 10,230 ha in Portugal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pears — area harvested between Portugal and Southern Africa?
- 2,005 ha, with Southern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Portugal and Southern Africa rank globally for pears — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 14th and Southern Africa ranks 20th of 87 countries.
- 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.