Argentina vs Spain: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Argentina
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 61,390 ha against 59,019 ha in Argentina, a difference of 2,371 ha.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Argentina ranks 51st and Spain ranks 50th of 167 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 180,582 ha | 386,551 ha | 205,969 ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 131,397 ha | 391,220 ha | 259,823 ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 108,687 ha | 320,660 ha | 211,973 ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 98,030 ha | 201,091 ha | 103,061 ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 73,648 ha | 98,236 ha | 24,588 ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 72,749 ha | 72,694 ha | 55.4 ha | Argentina |
| 2020s | 70,036 ha | 61,898 ha | 8,138 ha | Argentina |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Argentina or Spain?
- Spain, at 61,390 ha against 59,019 ha in Argentina as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Argentina and Spain?
- 2,371 ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Argentina and Spain rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 51st and Spain ranks 50th of 167 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.