Africa vs Germany: Spinach — Area harvested
Spinach — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Germany
How they compare
Africa currently reports 14,359 ha against 3,460 ha in Germany, a difference of 10,899 ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 4.2 times Germany's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Germany ahead.
Africa ranks 9th and Germany ranks 14th of 23 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Africa averaged higher in 5 and Germany in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,088 ha | 5,838 ha | 2,751 ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 4,357 ha | 4,490 ha | 132.6 ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 5,047 ha | 3,770 ha | 1,277 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 4,988 ha | 3,348 ha | 1,640 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 7,481 ha | 3,500 ha | 3,982 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 9,045 ha | 3,378 ha | 5,667 ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 13,883 ha | 3,620 ha | 10,263 ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher spinach — area harvested, Africa or Germany?
- Africa, at 14,359 ha against 3,460 ha in Germany as of 2024.
- What is the difference in spinach — area harvested between Africa and Germany?
- 10,899 ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Germany?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Germany rank globally for spinach — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 9th and Germany ranks 14th of 23 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Spinach — 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.