Afghanistan vs Niger: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

Afghanistan
66,587 ha
in 2024
Niger
69,389 ha
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
73rd
Niger rank
70th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Niger
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How they compare

Niger currently reports 69,389 ha against 66,587 ha in Afghanistan, a difference of 2,802 ha.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Niger ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 73rd and Niger ranks 70th of 191 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 4 and Niger in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Niger Difference Ahead
1960s 15,011 ha 22,002 ha 6,991 ha Niger
1970s 16,880 ha 28,459 ha 11,579 ha Niger
1980s 16,210 ha 30,127 ha 13,917 ha Niger
1990s 13,750 ha 13,186 ha 564 ha Afghanistan
2000s 18,160 ha 12,140 ha 6,020 ha Afghanistan
2010s 29,227 ha 17,917 ha 11,310 ha Afghanistan
2020s 58,593 ha 49,283 ha 9,311 ha Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Afghanistan or Niger?
Niger, at 69,389 ha against 66,587 ha in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Afghanistan and Niger?
2,802 ha, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Niger?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Niger rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Afghanistan ranks 73rd and Niger ranks 70th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,936 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.