Eastern Africa vs Ethiopia: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 1.03 million ha against 332,146 ha in Ethiopia, a difference of 692,874 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 3.1 times Ethiopia's.
Across all 32 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 12th and Ethiopia ranks 10th of 29 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Ethiopia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 463,585 ha | 46,221 ha | 417,364 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 735,864 ha | 55,503 ha | 680,361 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 915,806 ha | 230,469 ha | 685,337 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 994,161 ha | 319,303 ha | 674,858 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Ethiopia?
- Eastern Africa, at 1.03 million ha against 332,146 ha in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Ethiopia?
- 692,874 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Ethiopia?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Ethiopia rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 12th and Ethiopia ranks 10th of 29 groups.
- 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.