Italy vs Western Africa: Tomatoes — Area harvested
Tomatoes — Area harvested over time
- Italy
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 1.05 million ha against 102,800 ha in Italy, a difference of 942,220 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 10.2 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 7th and Western Africa ranks 4th of 169 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 3 and Western Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 128,229 ha | 32,615 ha | 95,613 ha | Italy |
| 1970s | 115,258 ha | 59,052 ha | 56,206 ha | Italy |
| 1980s | 127,704 ha | 72,172 ha | 55,532 ha | Italy |
| 1990s | 122,280 ha | 122,657 ha | 376.4 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 128,357 ha | 331,295 ha | 202,939 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 102,624 ha | 722,488 ha | 619,864 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 100,250 ha | 1.11 million ha | 1.01 million ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — area harvested, Italy or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 1.05 million ha against 102,800 ha in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — area harvested between Italy and Western Africa?
- 942,220 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Western Africa rank globally for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 7th 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.