Belgium-Luxembourg vs South Africa: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- Belgium-Luxembourg
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 1,782 ha against 1,600 ha in Belgium-Luxembourg, a difference of 182 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Belgium-Luxembourg's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 45th and South Africa ranks 43rd of 66 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium-Luxembourg | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,273 ha | 91,556 ha | 57,282 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 17,665 ha | 27,800 ha | 10,135 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 6,777 ha | 36,700 ha | 29,923 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 2,904 ha | 44,011 ha | 41,106 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, Belgium-Luxembourg or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 1,782 ha against 1,600 ha in Belgium-Luxembourg as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Belgium-Luxembourg and South Africa?
- 182 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium-Luxembourg and South Africa?
- 39 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1999.
- How do Belgium-Luxembourg and South Africa rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 45th and South Africa ranks 43rd 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.