Angola vs South Africa: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Angola
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 69,129 ha against 66,991 ha in Angola, a difference of 2,138 ha.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Angola ranks 38th and South Africa ranks 35th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,693 ha | 46,268 ha | 41,575 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 5,430 ha | 46,800 ha | 41,370 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 5,825 ha | 60,961 ha | 55,136 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 5,105 ha | 58,271 ha | 53,166 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 67,572 ha | 54,161 ha | 13,411 ha | Angola |
| 2010s | 91,099 ha | 65,076 ha | 26,023 ha | Angola |
| 2020s | 67,187 ha | 68,565 ha | 1,378 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Angola or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 69,129 ha against 66,991 ha in Angola as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Angola and South Africa?
- 2,138 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Angola and South Africa rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 38th and South Africa ranks 35th 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.