Libya vs Saudi Arabia: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Libya
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 18,843 ha against 18,676 ha in Libya, a difference of 167 ha.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Libya ahead.
Libya ranks 75th and Saudi Arabia ranks 74th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 4 and Saudi Arabia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,394 ha | 81.67 ha | 2,313 ha | Libya |
| 1970s | 12,639 ha | 164.7 ha | 12,474 ha | Libya |
| 1980s | 15,650 ha | 1,265 ha | 14,385 ha | Libya |
| 1990s | 13,856 ha | 12,614 ha | 1,243 ha | Libya |
| 2000s | 12,486 ha | 16,272 ha | 3,786 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 16,848 ha | 17,305 ha | 457.1 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 17,834 ha | 19,065 ha | 1,231 ha | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Libya or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 18,843 ha against 18,676 ha in Libya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Libya and Saudi Arabia?
- 167 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Saudi Arabia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Libya and Saudi Arabia rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Libya ranks 75th and Saudi Arabia ranks 74th 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.