Malaysia vs South Africa: Pineapples — Area harvested
Pineapples — Area harvested over time
- Malaysia
- South Africa
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 12,920 ha against 10,919 ha in South Africa, a difference of 2,001 ha.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.2 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malaysia ahead.
Malaysia ranks 17th and South Africa ranks 20th of 85 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 6 and South Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,889 ha | 5,389 ha | 9,500 ha | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 15,350 ha | 6,550 ha | 8,800 ha | Malaysia |
| 1980s | 10,360 ha | 7,930 ha | 2,430 ha | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 8,067 ha | 6,430 ha | 1,637 ha | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 10,509 ha | 11,763 ha | 1,254 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 11,194 ha | 8,177 ha | 3,017 ha | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 12,711 ha | 11,096 ha | 1,615 ha | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pineapples — area harvested, Malaysia or South Africa?
- Malaysia, at 12,920 ha against 10,919 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pineapples — area harvested between Malaysia and South Africa?
- 2,001 ha, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malaysia and South Africa rank globally for pineapples — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 17th and South Africa ranks 20th of 85 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pineapples — 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.