Rwanda vs Southern Africa: Pulses, Total — Area harvested
Pulses, Total — Area harvested over time
- Rwanda
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 679,510 ha against 141,439 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 538,071 ha.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 4.8 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Rwanda ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 27th of 169 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 6 and Southern Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 192,243 ha | 336,338 ha | 144,095 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 258,457 ha | 233,925 ha | 24,532 ha | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 334,265 ha | 177,346 ha | 156,919 ha | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 238,903 ha | 130,375 ha | 108,528 ha | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 376,922 ha | 128,588 ha | 248,334 ha | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 512,209 ha | 133,613 ha | 378,596 ha | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 671,342 ha | 160,714 ha | 510,629 ha | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pulses, total — area harvested, Rwanda or Southern Africa?
- Rwanda, at 679,510 ha against 141,439 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pulses, total — area harvested between Rwanda and Southern Africa?
- 538,071 ha, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Rwanda and Southern Africa rank globally for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 28th 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.