Bhutan vs Sri Lanka: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Bhutan
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 3,253 ha against 3,074 ha in Bhutan, a difference of 179 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 112th and Sri Lanka ranks 111th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,577 ha | 1,193 ha | 1,384 ha | Bhutan |
| 1970s | 3,243 ha | 3,276 ha | 33.4 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 3,708 ha | 6,442 ha | 2,735 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 3,268 ha | 6,192 ha | 2,924 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 4,773 ha | 5,183 ha | 410.2 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 4,899 ha | 4,808 ha | 91.7 ha | Bhutan |
| 2020s | 3,402 ha | 3,542 ha | 140 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Bhutan or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 3,253 ha against 3,074 ha in Bhutan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Bhutan and Sri Lanka?
- 179 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Bhutan and Sri Lanka rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 112th and Sri Lanka ranks 111th 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.