Ireland vs New Zealand: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Ireland
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 10,358 ha against 9,300 ha in Ireland, a difference of 1,058 ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 93rd and New Zealand ranks 92nd of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 5 and New Zealand in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71,662 ha | 11,090 ha | 60,572 ha | Ireland |
| 1970s | 46,332 ha | 8,804 ha | 37,527 ha | Ireland |
| 1980s | 32,990 ha | 8,839 ha | 24,151 ha | Ireland |
| 1990s | 21,080 ha | 10,079 ha | 11,001 ha | Ireland |
| 2000s | 12,910 ha | 11,114 ha | 1,796 ha | Ireland |
| 2010s | 9,538 ha | 10,095 ha | 557.4 ha | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 8,764 ha | 9,802 ha | 1,038 ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Ireland or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 10,358 ha against 9,300 ha in Ireland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Ireland and New Zealand?
- 1,058 ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and New Zealand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ireland and New Zealand rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Ireland ranks 93rd and New Zealand ranks 92nd 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.