Australia vs Namibia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

Australia
39,653 ha
in 2024
Namibia
45,153 ha
in 2024
Australia rank
87th
Namibia rank
85th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Australia
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 45,153 ha against 39,653 ha in Australia, a difference of 5,500 ha.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 87th and Namibia ranks 85th of 191 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Namibia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Namibia Difference Ahead
1960s 40,889 ha 18,667 ha 22,222 ha Australia
1970s 37,133 ha 20,600 ha 16,533 ha Australia
1980s 37,560 ha 22,900 ha 14,660 ha Australia
1990s 40,899 ha 26,191 ha 14,708 ha Australia
2000s 38,048 ha 35,939 ha 2,110 ha Australia
2010s 33,305 ha 42,303 ha 8,998 ha Namibia
2020s 36,875 ha 45,252 ha 8,377 ha Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Australia or Namibia?
Namibia, at 45,153 ha against 39,653 ha in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Australia and Namibia?
5,500 ha, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Namibia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and Namibia rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Australia ranks 87th and Namibia ranks 85th 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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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.