Eastern Africa vs Philippines: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested

Eastern Africa
2.22 million ha
in 2024
Philippines
789,007 ha
in 2024
Eastern Africa rank
12th
Philippines rank
7th

Vegetables Primary — Area harvested over time

  • Eastern Africa
  • Philippines
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922024

How they compare

Eastern Africa currently reports 2.22 million ha against 789,007 ha in Philippines, a difference of 1.43 million ha.

That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 2.8 times Philippines's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.

Eastern Africa ranks 12th and Philippines ranks 7th of 29 groups.

Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Africa Philippines Difference Ahead
1960s 476,455 ha 437,558 ha 38,897 ha Eastern Africa
1970s 598,787 ha 447,954 ha 150,833 ha Eastern Africa
1980s 718,589 ha 470,806 ha 247,784 ha Eastern Africa
1990s 889,244 ha 553,061 ha 336,182 ha Eastern Africa
2000s 1.17 million ha 622,190 ha 548,009 ha Eastern Africa
2010s 1.88 million ha 736,740 ha 1.14 million ha Eastern Africa
2020s 2.23 million ha 787,276 ha 1.44 million ha Eastern Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher vegetables primary — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Philippines?
Eastern Africa, at 2.22 million ha against 789,007 ha in Philippines as of 2024.
What is the difference in vegetables primary — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Philippines?
1.43 million ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Philippines?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Eastern Africa and Philippines rank globally for vegetables primary — area harvested?
Eastern Africa ranks 12th and Philippines ranks 7th of 29 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Vegetables Primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,973 data points, 1961–2024
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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.