Southern Africa vs Spain: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- Southern Africa
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 97,260 ha against 1,782 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 95,478 ha.
That makes Spain's figure about 54.6 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Southern Africa ranks 21st and Spain ranks 11th of 23 groups.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Southern Africa | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91,556 ha | 411,988 ha | 320,432 ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 27,800 ha | 253,857 ha | 226,057 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 36,700 ha | 219,546 ha | 182,846 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 44,011 ha | 161,882 ha | 117,871 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 2,855 ha | 104,598 ha | 101,742 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 1,963 ha | 148,912 ha | 146,949 ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 1,781 ha | 107,336 ha | 105,555 ha | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, Southern Africa or Spain?
- Spain, at 97,260 ha against 1,782 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Southern Africa and Spain?
- 95,478 ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Africa and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Southern Africa and Spain rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 21st and Spain ranks 11th of 23 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.