Africa vs Australia: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Australia
How they compare
Africa currently reports 53,355 ha against 41,335 ha in Australia, a difference of 12,020 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.
Africa ranks 9th and Australia ranks 16th of 19 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 5 and Australia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Australia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95,321 ha | 30,115 ha | 65,206 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 32,000 ha | 29,984 ha | 2,016 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 40,200 ha | 41,788 ha | 1,588 ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 56,530 ha | 35,620 ha | 20,910 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 32,929 ha | 39,111 ha | 6,182 ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 52,081 ha | 45,853 ha | 6,228 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 53,213 ha | 41,298 ha | 11,916 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, Africa or Australia?
- Africa, at 53,355 ha against 41,335 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Africa and Australia?
- 12,020 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Australia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Australia rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 9th and Australia ranks 16th of 19 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rye — 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.