Egypt vs Iran (Islamic Republic of): Vegetables Primary — Area harvested

Egypt
727,779 ha
in 2024
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
321,319 ha
in 2024
Egypt rank
8th
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
8th

Vegetables Primary — Area harvested over time

  • Egypt
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 727,779 ha against 321,319 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 406,460 ha.

That makes Egypt's figure about 2.3 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 8th and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 8th of 191 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Iran (Islamic Republic of) Difference Ahead
1960s 212,467 ha 146,922 ha 65,544 ha Egypt
1970s 276,395 ha 213,450 ha 62,945 ha Egypt
1980s 322,926 ha 279,722 ha 43,204 ha Egypt
1990s 365,819 ha 326,472 ha 39,348 ha Egypt
2000s 587,091 ha 410,979 ha 176,112 ha Egypt
2010s 656,405 ha 434,564 ha 221,842 ha Egypt
2020s 669,671 ha 330,537 ha 339,134 ha Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher vegetables primary — area harvested, Egypt or Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Egypt, at 727,779 ha against 321,319 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 2024.
What is the difference in vegetables primary — area harvested between Egypt and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
406,460 ha, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Egypt and Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank globally for vegetables primary — area harvested?
Egypt ranks 8th and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 8th of 191 countries.
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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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.