Algeria vs Eastern Africa: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Algeria
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 2.54 million ha against 1.80 million ha in Algeria, a difference of 742,200 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.4 times Algeria's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Algeria ahead.
Algeria ranks 22nd and Eastern Africa ranks 22nd of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 4 and Eastern Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.97 million ha | 1.14 million ha | 835,763 ha | Algeria |
| 1970s | 2.17 million ha | 1.00 million ha | 1.17 million ha | Algeria |
| 1980s | 1.57 million ha | 900,713 ha | 665,837 ha | Algeria |
| 1990s | 1.56 million ha | 1.07 million ha | 499,602 ha | Algeria |
| 2000s | 1.62 million ha | 1.64 million ha | 23,916 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 1.87 million ha | 2.12 million ha | 249,853 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 1.72 million ha | 2.48 million ha | 752,434 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Algeria or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 2.54 million ha against 1.80 million ha in Algeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Algeria and Eastern Africa?
- 742,200 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Algeria and Eastern Africa rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 22nd and Eastern Africa ranks 22nd of 124 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.