Ukraine vs Western Europe: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Ukraine
- Western Europe
How they compare
Ukraine currently reports 1.21 million ha against 786,195 ha in Western Europe, a difference of 421,105 ha.
That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.5 times Western Europe's.
Across all 33 years both countries report, Ukraine has been ahead every year.
Ukraine ranks 5th and Western Europe ranks 14th of 153 countries.
Ukraine has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ukraine | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.56 million ha | 754,115 ha | 806,821 ha | Ukraine |
| 2000s | 1.52 million ha | 701,746 ha | 820,484 ha | Ukraine |
| 2010s | 1.36 million ha | 699,465 ha | 659,574 ha | Ukraine |
| 2020s | 1.25 million ha | 768,663 ha | 477,377 ha | Ukraine |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Ukraine or Western Europe?
- Ukraine, at 1.21 million ha against 786,195 ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Ukraine and Western Europe?
- 421,105 ha, with Ukraine ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ukraine and Western Europe?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
- How do Ukraine and Western Europe rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Ukraine ranks 5th and Western Europe ranks 14th 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.