Southern Africa vs Uganda: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested

Southern Africa
170,424 ha
in 2024
Uganda
244,443 ha
in 2024
Southern Africa rank
28th
Uganda rank
29th

Vegetables Primary — Area harvested over time

  • Southern Africa
  • Uganda
50.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k196119922024

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 244,443 ha against 170,424 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 74,019 ha.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.4 times Southern Africa's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.

Southern Africa ranks 28th and Uganda ranks 29th of 29 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Southern Africa Uganda Difference Ahead
1960s 74,346 ha 36,384 ha 37,962 ha Southern Africa
1970s 90,583 ha 46,152 ha 44,430 ha Southern Africa
1980s 114,832 ha 60,195 ha 54,637 ha Southern Africa
1990s 129,995 ha 76,577 ha 53,418 ha Southern Africa
2000s 133,548 ha 138,072 ha 4,525 ha Uganda
2010s 162,176 ha 229,946 ha 67,771 ha Uganda
2020s 167,391 ha 244,898 ha 77,507 ha Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher vegetables primary — area harvested, Southern Africa or Uganda?
Uganda, at 244,443 ha against 170,424 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in vegetables primary — area harvested between Southern Africa and Uganda?
74,019 ha, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Africa and Uganda?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Southern Africa and Uganda rank globally for vegetables primary — area harvested?
Southern Africa ranks 28th and Uganda ranks 29th 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
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.