Peru vs Southern Africa: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested

Peru
227,546 ha
in 2024
Southern Africa
170,424 ha
in 2024
Peru rank
31st
Southern Africa rank
28th

Vegetables Primary — Area harvested over time

  • Peru
  • Southern Africa
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 227,546 ha against 170,424 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 57,122 ha.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.3 times Southern Africa's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.

Peru ranks 31st and Southern Africa ranks 28th of 191 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 4 and Southern Africa in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Peru Southern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 69,549 ha 74,346 ha 4,797 ha Southern Africa
1970s 89,445 ha 90,583 ha 1,138 ha Southern Africa
1980s 102,264 ha 114,832 ha 12,568 ha Southern Africa
1990s 133,559 ha 129,995 ha 3,563 ha Peru
2000s 188,444 ha 133,548 ha 54,896 ha Peru
2010s 224,283 ha 162,176 ha 62,107 ha Peru
2020s 229,179 ha 167,391 ha 61,788 ha Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher vegetables primary — area harvested, Peru or Southern Africa?
Peru, at 227,546 ha against 170,424 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in vegetables primary — area harvested between Peru and Southern Africa?
57,122 ha, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and Southern Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Peru and Southern Africa rank globally for vegetables primary — area harvested?
Peru ranks 31st and Southern Africa ranks 28th 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
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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.