China vs Eastern Africa: Sisal, raw — Area harvested
Sisal, raw — Area harvested over time
- China
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 131,427 ha against 2,652 ha in China, a difference of 128,775 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 49.6 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
China ranks 7th and Eastern Africa ranks 5th of 24 countries.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,357 ha | 382,755 ha | 366,398 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 17,128 ha | 286,700 ha | 269,573 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 14,901 ha | 158,350 ha | 143,449 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 13,213 ha | 97,064 ha | 83,852 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 4,074 ha | 92,268 ha | 88,194 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 2,788 ha | 100,017 ha | 97,229 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 2,651 ha | 118,033 ha | 115,382 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sisal, raw — area harvested, China or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 131,427 ha against 2,652 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sisal, raw — area harvested between China and Eastern Africa?
- 128,775 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Eastern Africa rank globally for sisal, raw — area harvested?
- China ranks 7th and Eastern Africa ranks 5th of 24 countries.
- 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.