South America vs Spain: Tomatoes — Area harvested
Tomatoes — Area harvested over time
- South America
- Spain
How they compare
South America currently reports 132,585 ha against 55,480 ha in Spain, a difference of 77,105 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 2.4 times Spain's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
South America ranks 17th and Spain ranks 17th of 29 groups.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South America | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 93,133 ha | 54,137 ha | 38,996 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 124,598 ha | 73,234 ha | 51,364 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 137,455 ha | 60,441 ha | 77,014 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 156,430 ha | 59,618 ha | 96,812 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 141,491 ha | 61,843 ha | 79,648 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 132,702 ha | 55,521 ha | 77,180 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 126,932 ha | 52,460 ha | 74,472 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — area harvested, South America or Spain?
- South America, at 132,585 ha against 55,480 ha in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — area harvested between South America and Spain?
- 77,105 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South America and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South America and Spain rank globally for tomatoes — area harvested?
- South America ranks 17th and Spain ranks 17th of 29 groups.
- 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.