South Africa vs Spain: Pears — Area harvested
Pears — Area harvested over time
- South Africa
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 18,090 ha against 12,235 ha in South Africa, a difference of 5,855 ha.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.5 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
South Africa ranks 10th and Spain ranks 9th of 87 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,333 ha | 11,778 ha | 6,444 ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 6,300 ha | 34,672 ha | 28,372 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 8,030 ha | 35,350 ha | 27,320 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 10,968 ha | 38,202 ha | 27,234 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 12,438 ha | 33,930 ha | 21,491 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 11,669 ha | 23,696 ha | 12,027 ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 12,891 ha | 19,180 ha | 6,289 ha | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pears — area harvested, South Africa or Spain?
- Spain, at 18,090 ha against 12,235 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pears — area harvested between South Africa and Spain?
- 5,855 ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Spain rank globally for pears — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 10th and Spain ranks 9th 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.