Nepal vs Northern Africa: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Nepal
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 560,800 ha against 211,505 ha in Nepal, a difference of 349,295 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 2.7 times Nepal's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Nepal ranks 17th and Northern Africa ranks 15th of 153 countries.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nepal | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41,111 ha | 87,526 ha | 46,414 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 51,022 ha | 155,613 ha | 104,591 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 64,256 ha | 231,679 ha | 167,423 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 97,251 ha | 277,160 ha | 179,909 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 145,975 ha | 304,064 ha | 158,088 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 194,154 ha | 443,484 ha | 249,330 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 200,092 ha | 534,736 ha | 334,644 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Nepal or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 560,800 ha against 211,505 ha in Nepal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Nepal and Northern Africa?
- 349,295 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nepal and Northern Africa rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Nepal ranks 17th 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.