South Africa vs Sweden: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- South Africa
- Sweden
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 505,300 ha against 475,020 ha in Sweden, a difference of 30,280 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
South Africa ranks 43rd and Sweden ranks 45th of 124 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.44 million ha | 253,580 ha | 1.18 million ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 1.93 million ha | 300,737 ha | 1.63 million ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 1.87 million ha | 289,144 ha | 1.59 million ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 1.14 million ha | 302,644 ha | 835,036 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 801,950 ha | 376,579 ha | 425,371 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 518,134 ha | 417,978 ha | 100,155 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 528,670 ha | 474,484 ha | 54,186 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, South Africa or Sweden?
- South Africa, at 505,300 ha against 475,020 ha in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between South Africa and Sweden?
- 30,280 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Sweden?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Sweden rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 43rd and Sweden ranks 45th 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.