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Agriculture > Area Stats: compare key data on South Africa & United States

Definitions

  • Corn: Land area under Corn, hectares, 2003/2004
  • Corn per 1000: Land area under Corn, hectares, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Sorghum: Land area under Sorghum, hectares, 2003/2004
  • Sorghum per 1000: Land area under Sorghum, hectares, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Soybean: Land area under Soybean, hectares, 2003/2004
  • Soybean per 1000: Land area under Soybean, hectares, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Sunflowerseed: Land area under Sunflowerseed, hectares, 2003/2004
  • Sunflowerseed per 1000: Land area under Sunflowerseed, hectares, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Total Coarse Grain: Land area under Total Coarse Grain, hectares, 2003/2004
  • Total Coarse Grain per 1000: Land area under Total Coarse Grain, hectares, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Total Oilseed: Land area under Total Oilseed, hectares, 2003/2004
  • Total Oilseed per 1000: Land area under Total Oilseed, hectares, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Wheat: Land area under Wheat, hectares, 2003/2004
  • Wheat per 1000: Land area under Wheat, hectares, 2003/2004. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
STAT South Africa United States
Corn 3.3 million
Ranked 6th.
28.71 million
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than South Africa
Corn per 1000 70.72
Ranked 5th.
98.05
Ranked 4th. 39% more than South Africa
Sorghum 130,000
Ranked 15th.
3.16 million
Ranked 4th. 24 times more than South Africa
Sorghum per 1000 2.79
Ranked 13th.
10.79
Ranked 10th. 4 times more than South Africa
Soybean 140,000
Ranked 20th.
29.33 million
Ranked 1st. 210 times more than South Africa
Soybean per 1000 3
Ranked 13th.
100.17
Ranked 4th. 33 times more than South Africa
Sunflowerseed 530,000
Ranked 11th.
890,000
Ranked 7th. 68% more than South Africa
Sunflowerseed per 1000 11.36
Ranked 10th. 4 times more than United States
3.04
Ranked 14th.
Total Coarse Grain 4.24 million
Ranked 12th.
34.81 million
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than South Africa
Total Coarse Grain per 1000 90.86
Ranked 12th.
118.88
Ranked 10th. 31% more than South Africa
Total Oilseed 780,000
Ranked 22nd.
36.04 million
Ranked 1st. 46 times more than South Africa
Total Oilseed per 1000 16.71
Ranked 20th.
123.09
Ranked 5th. 7 times more than South Africa
Wheat 750,000
Ranked 22nd.
21.47 million
Ranked 3rd. 29 times more than South Africa
Wheat per 1000 16.07
Ranked 22nd.
73.33
Ranked 12th. 5 times more than South Africa

SOURCES: Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, FAS, USDA; Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division, FAS, USDA. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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