Ecuador vs South Africa: Tea leaves — Area harvested
Tea leaves — Area harvested over time
- Ecuador
- South Africa
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 1,104 ha against 907 ha in South Africa, a difference of 197 ha.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.2 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Ecuador ranks 30th and South Africa ranks 32nd of 45 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 265.56 ha | 1,267 ha | 1,001 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 1,234 ha | 3,370 ha | 2,136 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 755.6 ha | 5,916 ha | 5,161 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 883.7 ha | 6,417 ha | 5,534 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 901.3 ha | 4,060 ha | 3,159 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 1,101 ha | 844.3 ha | 256.4 ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 1,095 ha | 874.6 ha | 220.6 ha | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tea leaves — area harvested, Ecuador or South Africa?
- Ecuador, at 1,104 ha against 907 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tea leaves — area harvested between Ecuador and South Africa?
- 197 ha, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and South Africa rank globally for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 30th and South Africa ranks 32nd of 45 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tea leaves — 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.