Egypt vs Northern Africa: Spinach — Area harvested
Spinach — Area harvested over time
- Egypt
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 2,347 ha against 1,731 ha in Egypt, a difference of 616 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 1.4 times Egypt's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 19th and Northern Africa ranks 20th of 69 countries.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,621 ha | 3,088 ha | 1,467 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 2,147 ha | 4,357 ha | 2,210 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 2,584 ha | 5,047 ha | 2,463 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 2,519 ha | 3,716 ha | 1,197 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 3,943 ha | 5,122 ha | 1,179 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 1,868 ha | 2,449 ha | 580.8 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 1,702 ha | 2,324 ha | 622 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher spinach — area harvested, Egypt or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 2,347 ha against 1,731 ha in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in spinach — area harvested between Egypt and Northern Africa?
- 616 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Northern Africa rank globally for spinach — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 19th and Northern Africa ranks 20th of 69 countries.
- 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.