Algeria vs Southern Europe: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Algeria
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Southern Europe currently reports 217,997 ha against 135,414 ha in Algeria, a difference of 82,583 ha.
That makes Southern Europe's figure about 1.6 times Algeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Southern Europe has been ahead every year.
Algeria ranks 23rd and Southern Europe ranks 22nd of 153 countries.
Southern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,517 ha | 1.25 million ha | 1.22 million ha | Southern Europe |
| 1970s | 61,394 ha | 1.10 million ha | 1.04 million ha | Southern Europe |
| 1980s | 88,458 ha | 942,711 ha | 854,253 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1990s | 87,336 ha | 704,784 ha | 617,448 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2000s | 86,769 ha | 461,775 ha | 375,007 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2010s | 147,587 ha | 302,659 ha | 155,072 ha | Southern Europe |
| 2020s | 138,202 ha | 225,499 ha | 87,296 ha | Southern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Algeria or Southern Europe?
- Southern Europe, at 217,997 ha against 135,414 ha in Algeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Algeria and Southern Europe?
- 82,583 ha, with Southern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Algeria and Southern Europe rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 23rd and Southern Europe ranks 22nd of 153 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Potatoes — 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.