Benin vs Northern America: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 590,917 ha against 520,628 ha in Benin, a difference of 70,289 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern America ahead.
Benin ranks 20th and Northern America ranks 19th of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Northern America in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 160,090 ha | 750,230 ha | 590,140 ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 169,431 ha | 702,169 ha | 532,738 ha | Northern America |
| 1980s | 188,054 ha | 664,270 ha | 476,216 ha | Northern America |
| 1990s | 283,806 ha | 908,253 ha | 624,447 ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 412,115 ha | 910,233 ha | 498,119 ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 499,631 ha | 616,647 ha | 117,016 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 605,955 ha | 587,335 ha | 18,621 ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Benin or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 590,917 ha against 520,628 ha in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Benin and Northern America?
- 70,289 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Northern America rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 20th and Northern America ranks 19th 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
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.