Angola vs Melanesia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

Angola
1.35 million ha
in 2024
Melanesia
279,372 ha
in 2024
Angola rank
9th
Melanesia rank
9th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Angola
  • Melanesia
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How they compare

Angola currently reports 1.35 million ha against 279,372 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 1.07 million ha.

That makes Angola's figure about 4.8 times Melanesia's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Angola has been ahead every year.

Angola ranks 9th and Melanesia ranks 9th of 191 countries.

Angola has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola Melanesia Difference Ahead
1960s 440,249 ha 148,921 ha 291,328 ha Angola
1970s 421,430 ha 165,639 ha 255,791 ha Angola
1980s 401,425 ha 187,965 ha 213,460 ha Angola
1990s 499,476 ha 197,558 ha 301,917 ha Angola
2000s 892,511 ha 231,137 ha 661,374 ha Angola
2010s 1.24 million ha 263,277 ha 978,509 ha Angola
2020s 1.30 million ha 279,246 ha 1.02 million ha Angola

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Angola or Melanesia?
Angola, at 1.35 million ha against 279,372 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Angola and Melanesia?
1.07 million ha, with Angola ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Melanesia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Angola and Melanesia rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Angola ranks 9th and Melanesia ranks 9th 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.