Saudi Arabia vs Yemen: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Saudi Arabia
- Yemen
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 18,843 ha against 17,666 ha in Yemen, a difference of 1,177 ha.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Yemen's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Yemen ahead.
Saudi Arabia ranks 74th and Yemen ranks 77th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Saudi Arabia averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saudi Arabia | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81.67 ha | 3,925 ha | 3,843 ha | Yemen |
| 1970s | 164.7 ha | 6,989 ha | 6,824 ha | Yemen |
| 1980s | 1,265 ha | 10,807 ha | 9,542 ha | Yemen |
| 1990s | 12,614 ha | 14,306 ha | 1,693 ha | Yemen |
| 2000s | 16,272 ha | 18,549 ha | 2,277 ha | Yemen |
| 2010s | 17,305 ha | 18,714 ha | 1,410 ha | Yemen |
| 2020s | 19,065 ha | 17,361 ha | 1,704 ha | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Saudi Arabia or Yemen?
- Saudi Arabia, at 18,843 ha against 17,666 ha in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Saudi Arabia and Yemen?
- 1,177 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Yemen?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Saudi Arabia and Yemen rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 74th and Yemen ranks 77th 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.