Mexico vs South Africa: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Mexico
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 505,300 ha against 468,036 ha in Mexico, a difference of 37,264 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Mexico ranks 46th and South Africa ranks 43rd of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 802,350 ha | 1.44 million ha | 634,539 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 732,661 ha | 1.93 million ha | 1.19 million ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 994,687 ha | 1.87 million ha | 879,613 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 860,674 ha | 1.14 million ha | 277,006 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 675,418 ha | 801,950 ha | 126,532 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 659,328 ha | 518,134 ha | 141,195 ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 546,658 ha | 528,670 ha | 17,988 ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Mexico or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 505,300 ha against 468,036 ha in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Mexico and South Africa?
- 37,264 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and South Africa rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 46th 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.