Americas vs South Africa: Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested
Pomelos and grapefruits — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- South Africa
How they compare
Americas currently reports 63,571 ha against 13,727 ha in South Africa, a difference of 49,844 ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 4.6 times South Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 7th of 28 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63,974 ha | 3,089 ha | 60,885 ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 82,060 ha | 3,640 ha | 78,420 ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 117,149 ha | 3,310 ha | 113,839 ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 136,912 ha | 5,564 ha | 131,347 ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 115,751 ha | 11,400 ha | 104,351 ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 83,631 ha | 12,463 ha | 71,168 ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 65,790 ha | 12,638 ha | 53,152 ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested, Americas or South Africa?
- Americas, at 63,571 ha against 13,727 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested between Americas and South Africa?
- 49,844 ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and South Africa rank globally for pomelos and grapefruits — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 7th of 28 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pomelos and grapefruits — 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.