China vs Northern Africa: String beans — Area harvested
String beans — Area harvested over time
- China
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 8,442 ha against 679 ha in China, a difference of 7,763 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 12.4 times China's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was China ahead.
China ranks 12th and Northern Africa ranks 8th of 19 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, China averaged higher in 1 and Northern Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,516 ha | 800 ha | 1,716 ha | China |
| 1990s | 2,002 ha | 2,332 ha | 329.7 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 1,558 ha | 5,983 ha | 4,424 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 927.4 ha | 6,021 ha | 5,094 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 799 ha | 7,253 ha | 6,454 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher string beans — area harvested, China or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 8,442 ha against 679 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in string beans — area harvested between China and Northern Africa?
- 7,763 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Northern Africa?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
- How do China and Northern Africa rank globally for string beans — area harvested?
- China ranks 12th and Northern Africa ranks 8th of 19 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as String beans — 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.