Mexico vs Middle Africa: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested

Mexico
670,490 ha
in 2024
Middle Africa
1.06 million ha
in 2024
Mexico rank
11th
Middle Africa rank
3rd

Vegetables Primary — Area harvested over time

  • Mexico
  • Middle Africa
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How they compare

Middle Africa currently reports 1.06 million ha against 670,490 ha in Mexico, a difference of 389,400 ha.

That makes Middle Africa's figure about 1.6 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 11th and Middle Africa ranks 3rd of 191 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 5 and Middle Africa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Middle Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 167,239 ha 140,660 ha 26,580 ha Mexico
1970s 223,970 ha 183,902 ha 40,068 ha Mexico
1980s 326,398 ha 211,454 ha 114,945 ha Mexico
1990s 446,951 ha 372,108 ha 74,843 ha Mexico
2000s 584,128 ha 577,408 ha 6,720 ha Mexico
2010s 645,894 ha 907,279 ha 261,385 ha Middle Africa
2020s 685,807 ha 1.02 million ha 335,376 ha Middle Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher vegetables primary — area harvested, Mexico or Middle Africa?
Middle Africa, at 1.06 million ha against 670,490 ha in Mexico as of 2024.
What is the difference in vegetables primary — area harvested between Mexico and Middle Africa?
389,400 ha, with Middle Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Middle Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mexico and Middle Africa rank globally for vegetables primary — area harvested?
Mexico ranks 11th and Middle Africa ranks 3rd 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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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
Last refreshed

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.