Malawi vs South Africa: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Malawi
- South Africa
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 75,977 ha against 69,129 ha in South Africa, a difference of 6,848 ha.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Malawi ranks 32nd and South Africa ranks 35th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 4 and South Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,111 ha | 46,268 ha | 35,157 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 28,700 ha | 46,800 ha | 18,100 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 39,603 ha | 60,961 ha | 21,357 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 75,602 ha | 58,271 ha | 17,332 ha | Malawi |
| 2000s | 176,614 ha | 54,161 ha | 122,453 ha | Malawi |
| 2010s | 134,299 ha | 65,076 ha | 69,223 ha | Malawi |
| 2020s | 76,684 ha | 68,565 ha | 8,119 ha | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Malawi or South Africa?
- Malawi, at 75,977 ha against 69,129 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Malawi and South Africa?
- 6,848 ha, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and South Africa rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 32nd and South Africa ranks 35th 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.