South Africa vs Tunisia: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- South Africa
- Tunisia
How they compare
Tunisia currently reports 536,000 ha against 505,300 ha in South Africa, a difference of 30,700 ha.
That makes Tunisia's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
South Africa ranks 43rd and Tunisia ranks 42nd of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 5 and Tunisia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.44 million ha | 838,889 ha | 598,000 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 1.93 million ha | 947,300 ha | 979,800 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 1.87 million ha | 756,970 ha | 1.12 million ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 1.14 million ha | 875,819 ha | 261,861 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 801,950 ha | 742,590 ha | 59,360 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 518,134 ha | 644,988 ha | 126,855 ha | Tunisia |
| 2020s | 528,670 ha | 532,200 ha | 3,530 ha | Tunisia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, South Africa or Tunisia?
- Tunisia, at 536,000 ha against 505,300 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between South Africa and Tunisia?
- 30,700 ha, with Tunisia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Tunisia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Tunisia rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 43rd and Tunisia ranks 42nd 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.