USSR vs Western Africa: Tomatoes — Area harvested
Tomatoes — Area harvested over time
- USSR
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 1.05 million ha against 350,000 ha in USSR, a difference of 695,020 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 3.0 times USSR's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.
USSR ranks 5th and Western Africa ranks 4th of 169 countries.
USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | USSR | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 252,833 ha | 32,615 ha | 220,218 ha | USSR |
| 1970s | 351,130 ha | 59,052 ha | 292,078 ha | USSR |
| 1980s | 395,090 ha | 72,172 ha | 322,918 ha | USSR |
| 1990s | 346,500 ha | 89,697 ha | 256,803 ha | USSR |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — area harvested, USSR or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 1.05 million ha against 350,000 ha in USSR as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — area harvested between USSR and Western Africa?
- 695,020 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for USSR and Western Africa?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
- How do USSR and Western Africa rank globally for tomatoes — area harvested?
- USSR ranks 5th 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.