Australia vs Southern Africa: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Australia currently reports 41,335 ha against 1,782 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 39,553 ha.
That makes Australia's figure about 23.2 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Australia ranks 16th and Southern Africa ranks 21st of 66 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Southern Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,115 ha | 91,556 ha | 61,441 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 29,984 ha | 27,800 ha | 2,184 ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 41,788 ha | 36,700 ha | 5,088 ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 35,620 ha | 44,011 ha | 8,391 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 39,111 ha | 2,855 ha | 36,256 ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 45,853 ha | 1,963 ha | 43,890 ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 41,298 ha | 1,781 ha | 39,517 ha | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, Australia or Southern Africa?
- Australia, at 41,335 ha against 1,782 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Australia and Southern Africa?
- 39,553 ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Southern Africa rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 16th and Southern Africa ranks 21st of 66 countries.
- 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.