Eastern Africa vs Madagascar: Sisal, raw — Area harvested
Sisal, raw — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Madagascar
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 131,427 ha against 13,899 ha in Madagascar, a difference of 117,528 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 9.5 times Madagascar's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 5th and Madagascar ranks 4th of 15 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 382,755 ha | 23,878 ha | 358,877 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 286,700 ha | 22,788 ha | 263,912 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 158,350 ha | 16,050 ha | 142,300 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 97,064 ha | 15,015 ha | 82,050 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 92,268 ha | 14,426 ha | 77,842 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 100,017 ha | 14,085 ha | 85,932 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 118,033 ha | 13,967 ha | 104,066 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sisal, raw — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Madagascar?
- Eastern Africa, at 131,427 ha against 13,899 ha in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sisal, raw — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Madagascar?
- 117,528 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Madagascar?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Madagascar rank globally for sisal, raw — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 5th and Madagascar ranks 4th 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.