Latvia vs South Africa: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Latvia
- South Africa
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 540,000 ha against 505,300 ha in South Africa, a difference of 34,700 ha.
That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1992 it was South Africa ahead.
Latvia ranks 41st and South Africa ranks 43rd of 124 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 137,538 ha | 1.05 million ha | 909,688 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 198,550 ha | 801,950 ha | 603,400 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 400,450 ha | 518,134 ha | 117,684 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 527,600 ha | 528,670 ha | 1,070 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Latvia or South Africa?
- Latvia, at 540,000 ha against 505,300 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Latvia and South Africa?
- 34,700 ha, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and South Africa?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
- How do Latvia and South Africa rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Latvia ranks 41st and South Africa ranks 43rd 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.