Colombia vs Southern Africa: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Colombia
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 109,791 ha against 82,808 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 26,983 ha.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.3 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Colombia has been ahead every year.
Colombia ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 25th of 153 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72,156 ha | 47,275 ha | 24,880 ha | Colombia |
| 1970s | 110,710 ha | 49,745 ha | 60,965 ha | Colombia |
| 1980s | 158,180 ha | 65,801 ha | 92,379 ha | Colombia |
| 1990s | 168,423 ha | 65,554 ha | 102,869 ha | Colombia |
| 2000s | 129,108 ha | 63,387 ha | 65,721 ha | Colombia |
| 2010s | 125,545 ha | 77,367 ha | 48,178 ha | Colombia |
| 2020s | 116,236 ha | 82,154 ha | 34,081 ha | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Colombia or Southern Africa?
- Colombia, at 109,791 ha against 82,808 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Colombia and Southern Africa?
- 26,983 ha, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Southern Africa rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 28th and Southern Africa ranks 25th 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.