France vs Northern Africa: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- France
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 560,800 ha against 217,680 ha in France, a difference of 343,120 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 2.6 times France's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.
France ranks 16th and Northern Africa ranks 15th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, France averaged higher in 2 and Northern Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 645,138 ha | 87,526 ha | 557,613 ha | France |
| 1970s | 307,090 ha | 155,613 ha | 151,477 ha | France |
| 1980s | 216,000 ha | 231,679 ha | 15,679 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 165,153 ha | 277,160 ha | 112,008 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 159,622 ha | 304,064 ha | 144,442 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 174,696 ha | 443,484 ha | 268,789 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 212,274 ha | 534,736 ha | 322,462 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, France or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 560,800 ha against 217,680 ha in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between France and Northern Africa?
- 343,120 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do France and Northern Africa rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- France ranks 16th and Northern Africa ranks 15th 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.