Saudi Arabia vs Zimbabwe: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Saudi Arabia
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 129,202 ha against 111,044 ha in Zimbabwe, a difference of 18,158 ha.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.2 times Zimbabwe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Saudi Arabia has been ahead every year.
Saudi Arabia ranks 65th and Zimbabwe ranks 68th of 124 countries.
Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saudi Arabia | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78,633 ha | 3,815 ha | 74,818 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1970s | 59,255 ha | 29,700 ha | 29,555 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1980s | 420,325 ha | 36,311 ha | 384,014 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 584,903 ha | 41,060 ha | 543,844 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 431,090 ha | 42,688 ha | 388,402 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 126,969 ha | 18,333 ha | 108,636 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 127,073 ha | 74,224 ha | 52,848 ha | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Saudi Arabia or Zimbabwe?
- Saudi Arabia, at 129,202 ha against 111,044 ha in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe?
- 18,158 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 65th and Zimbabwe ranks 68th 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.