Mali vs Southern Africa: Pulses, Total — Area harvested
Pulses, Total — Area harvested over time
- Mali
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Mali currently reports 697,609 ha against 141,439 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 556,170 ha.
That makes Mali's figure about 4.9 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Mali ranks 27th and Southern Africa ranks 27th of 169 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 4 and Southern Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 110,611 ha | 336,338 ha | 225,727 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 111,255 ha | 233,925 ha | 122,670 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 165,200 ha | 177,346 ha | 12,146 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 329,799 ha | 130,375 ha | 199,424 ha | Mali |
| 2000s | 307,938 ha | 128,588 ha | 179,351 ha | Mali |
| 2010s | 615,853 ha | 133,613 ha | 482,240 ha | Mali |
| 2020s | 719,560 ha | 160,714 ha | 558,846 ha | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pulses, total — area harvested, Mali or Southern Africa?
- Mali, at 697,609 ha against 141,439 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pulses, total — area harvested between Mali and Southern Africa?
- 556,170 ha, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mali and Southern Africa rank globally for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 27th and Southern Africa ranks 27th of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pulses, Total — 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.