Eastern Africa vs Pakistan: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Pakistan
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 1.03 million ha against 338,715 ha in Pakistan, a difference of 686,305 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 3.0 times Pakistan's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 12th and Pakistan ranks 8th of 29 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 132,653 ha | 16,960 ha | 115,693 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 224,421 ha | 25,646 ha | 198,775 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 332,161 ha | 52,731 ha | 279,431 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 443,581 ha | 84,080 ha | 359,501 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 735,864 ha | 120,491 ha | 615,372 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 915,806 ha | 173,408 ha | 742,398 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 994,161 ha | 282,619 ha | 711,541 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Pakistan?
- Eastern Africa, at 1.03 million ha against 338,715 ha in Pakistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Pakistan?
- 686,305 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Pakistan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Pakistan rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 12th and Pakistan ranks 8th 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.