Egypt vs Southern Africa: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- Egypt
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 47,869 ha against 1,782 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 46,087 ha.
That makes Egypt's figure about 26.9 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Egypt ranks 15th and Southern Africa ranks 21st of 66 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 3 and Southern Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 82,000 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 10,130 ha | 44,011 ha | 33,881 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 27,200 ha | 2,855 ha | 24,345 ha | Egypt |
| 2010s | 46,473 ha | 1,963 ha | 44,510 ha | Egypt |
| 2020s | 47,727 ha | 1,781 ha | 45,946 ha | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, Egypt or Southern Africa?
- Egypt, at 47,869 ha against 1,782 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Egypt and Southern Africa?
- 46,087 ha, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Southern Africa?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Southern Africa rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 15th 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.