Australia vs Madagascar: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 41,109 ha against 37,519 ha in Australia, a difference of 3,590 ha.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 62nd and Madagascar ranks 61st of 167 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and Madagascar in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,677 ha | 12,859 ha | 27,818 ha | Australia |
| 1970s | 36,871 ha | 23,686 ha | 13,185 ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 37,213 ha | 35,460 ha | 1,753 ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 40,368 ha | 47,616 ha | 7,247 ha | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 36,809 ha | 43,268 ha | 6,459 ha | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 31,265 ha | 40,234 ha | 8,969 ha | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 34,539 ha | 41,366 ha | 6,827 ha | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Australia or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 41,109 ha against 37,519 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Australia and Madagascar?
- 3,590 ha, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Madagascar?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Madagascar rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 62nd and Madagascar ranks 61st 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.