Canada vs Northern Europe: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Canada
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Northern Europe currently reports 271,477 ha against 156,309 ha in Canada, a difference of 115,168 ha.
That makes Northern Europe's figure about 1.7 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern Europe ahead.
Canada ranks 20th and Northern Europe ranks 21st of 153 countries.
Northern Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 121,674 ha | 607,327 ha | 485,653 ha | Northern Europe |
| 1970s | 110,920 ha | 435,666 ha | 324,747 ha | Northern Europe |
| 1980s | 112,394 ha | 354,638 ha | 242,243 ha | Northern Europe |
| 1990s | 322,520 ha | 512,439 ha | 189,919 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2000s | 400,450 ha | 413,033 ha | 12,583 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2010s | 138,760 ha | 310,944 ha | 172,184 ha | Northern Europe |
| 2020s | 152,434 ha | 278,719 ha | 126,285 ha | Northern Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Canada or Northern Europe?
- Northern Europe, at 271,477 ha against 156,309 ha in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Canada and Northern Europe?
- 115,168 ha, with Northern Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Northern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Northern Europe rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 20th and Northern Europe ranks 21st 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.