South Africa vs Uganda: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- South Africa
- Uganda
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 69,129 ha against 67,279 ha in Uganda, a difference of 1,850 ha.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
South Africa ranks 35th and Uganda ranks 37th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 6 and Uganda in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,268 ha | 13,667 ha | 32,602 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 46,800 ha | 26,784 ha | 20,016 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 60,961 ha | 25,680 ha | 35,281 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 58,271 ha | 47,133 ha | 11,137 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 54,161 ha | 71,700 ha | 17,539 ha | Uganda |
| 2010s | 65,076 ha | 36,657 ha | 28,419 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 68,565 ha | 57,430 ha | 11,135 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, South Africa or Uganda?
- South Africa, at 69,129 ha against 67,279 ha in Uganda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between South Africa and Uganda?
- 1,850 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Uganda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Uganda rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 35th and Uganda ranks 37th 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.