Philippines vs South Africa: Pulses, Total — Area harvested

Philippines
71,870 ha
in 2024
South Africa
66,818 ha
in 2024
Philippines rank
75th
South Africa rank
76th

Pulses, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Philippines
  • South Africa
0100.0k200.0k300.0k196119922024

How they compare

Philippines currently reports 71,870 ha against 66,818 ha in South Africa, a difference of 5,052 ha.

That makes Philippines's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.

Philippines ranks 75th and South Africa ranks 76th of 169 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Philippines averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Philippines South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 45,316 ha 286,609 ha 241,293 ha South Africa
1970s 47,806 ha 169,387 ha 121,581 ha South Africa
1980s 61,825 ha 116,750 ha 54,925 ha South Africa
1990s 72,299 ha 90,712 ha 18,413 ha South Africa
2000s 74,752 ha 79,856 ha 5,104 ha South Africa
2010s 80,507 ha 71,468 ha 9,039 ha Philippines
2020s 77,541 ha 73,250 ha 4,290 ha Philippines

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pulses, total — area harvested, Philippines or South Africa?
Philippines, at 71,870 ha against 66,818 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in pulses, total — area harvested between Philippines and South Africa?
5,052 ha, with Philippines ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Philippines and South Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Philippines and South Africa rank globally for pulses, total — area harvested?
Philippines ranks 75th and South Africa ranks 76th 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

Indicator
Pulses, Total — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
215 places, 12,296 data points, 1961–2024
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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.