Africa vs China: Peas, dry — Area harvested
Peas, dry — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 933,395 ha against 454,082 ha in Africa, a difference of 479,313 ha.
That makes China's figure about 2.1 times Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
Africa ranks 12th and China ranks 4th of 27 groups.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 364,529 ha | 2.65 million ha | 2.28 million ha | China |
| 1970s | 426,548 ha | 1.80 million ha | 1.37 million ha | China |
| 1980s | 399,518 ha | 1.32 million ha | 919,482 ha | China |
| 1990s | 426,131 ha | 713,000 ha | 286,869 ha | China |
| 2000s | 551,649 ha | 923,100 ha | 371,451 ha | China |
| 2010s | 622,891 ha | 914,310 ha | 291,419 ha | China |
| 2020s | 499,958 ha | 940,557 ha | 440,599 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher peas, dry — area harvested, Africa or China?
- China, at 933,395 ha against 454,082 ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in peas, dry — area harvested between Africa and China?
- 479,313 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and China rank globally for peas, dry — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 12th and China ranks 4th of 27 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Peas, dry — 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.