Germany vs Northern America: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Germany
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 530,809 ha against 282,200 ha in Germany, a difference of 248,609 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 1.9 times Germany's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 13th and Northern America ranks 16th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 3 and Northern America in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.50 million ha | 685,205 ha | 813,054 ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 1.07 million ha | 655,610 ha | 410,186 ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 721,124 ha | 624,114 ha | 97,009 ha | Germany |
| 1990s | 343,018 ha | 874,543 ha | 531,525 ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 280,275 ha | 872,698 ha | 592,423 ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 249,257 ha | 560,307 ha | 311,051 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 269,020 ha | 528,400 ha | 259,380 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Germany or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 530,809 ha against 282,200 ha in Germany as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Germany and Northern America?
- 248,609 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and Northern America rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 13th and Northern America ranks 16th 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.