Africa vs Brazil: Sisal, raw — Area harvested
Sisal, raw — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Brazil
How they compare
Africa currently reports 141,784 ha against 98,063 ha in Brazil, a difference of 43,721 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 1.4 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Africa ahead.
Africa ranks 4th and Brazil ranks 1st of 15 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 3 and Brazil in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 442,766 ha | 279,222 ha | 163,544 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 329,972 ha | 285,127 ha | 44,845 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 169,941 ha | 307,627 ha | 137,686 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 105,402 ha | 194,288 ha | 88,886 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 100,106 ha | 240,977 ha | 140,872 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 110,008 ha | 180,797 ha | 70,789 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 128,386 ha | 100,320 ha | 28,066 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sisal, raw — area harvested, Africa or Brazil?
- Africa, at 141,784 ha against 98,063 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sisal, raw — area harvested between Africa and Brazil?
- 43,721 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Brazil?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Brazil rank globally for sisal, raw — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 4th and Brazil ranks 1st of 15 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sisal, raw — 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.