Egypt vs Western Africa: Tomatoes — Area harvested
Tomatoes — Area harvested over time
- Egypt
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 1.05 million ha against 175,397 ha in Egypt, a difference of 869,623 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 6.0 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 6th and Western Africa ranks 4th of 169 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 4 and Western Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,233 ha | 32,615 ha | 48,617 ha | Egypt |
| 1970s | 120,310 ha | 59,052 ha | 61,258 ha | Egypt |
| 1980s | 150,808 ha | 72,172 ha | 78,637 ha | Egypt |
| 1990s | 159,947 ha | 122,657 ha | 37,290 ha | Egypt |
| 2000s | 208,822 ha | 331,295 ha | 122,473 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 196,208 ha | 722,488 ha | 526,280 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 161,719 ha | 1.11 million ha | 952,959 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — area harvested, Egypt or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 1.05 million ha against 175,397 ha in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — area harvested between Egypt and Western Africa?
- 869,623 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Western Africa rank globally for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 6th and Western Africa ranks 4th of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tomatoes — 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.