Canada vs Western Africa: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Canada
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 415,485 ha against 156,309 ha in Canada, a difference of 259,176 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 2.7 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 20th and Western Africa ranks 18th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 5 and Western Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 121,674 ha | 2,976 ha | 118,698 ha | Canada |
| 1970s | 110,920 ha | 4,580 ha | 106,339 ha | Canada |
| 1980s | 112,394 ha | 8,652 ha | 103,742 ha | Canada |
| 1990s | 322,520 ha | 38,805 ha | 283,715 ha | Canada |
| 2000s | 400,450 ha | 254,067 ha | 146,383 ha | Canada |
| 2010s | 138,760 ha | 346,608 ha | 207,847 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 152,434 ha | 407,726 ha | 255,292 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Canada or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 415,485 ha against 156,309 ha in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Canada and Western Africa?
- 259,176 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Western Africa rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Canada ranks 20th and Western Africa ranks 18th 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.