Benin vs Western Asia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Western Asia
How they compare
Benin currently reports 520,628 ha against 393,305 ha in Western Asia, a difference of 127,323 ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.3 times Western Asia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Asia ahead.
Benin ranks 20th and Western Asia ranks 23rd of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 2 and Western Asia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 160,090 ha | 178,680 ha | 18,589 ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 169,431 ha | 218,554 ha | 49,123 ha | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 188,054 ha | 254,750 ha | 66,696 ha | Western Asia |
| 1990s | 283,806 ha | 378,780 ha | 94,974 ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 412,115 ha | 452,029 ha | 39,914 ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 499,631 ha | 387,255 ha | 112,376 ha | Benin |
| 2020s | 605,955 ha | 372,704 ha | 233,251 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 Western Asia?
- Benin, at 520,628 ha against 393,305 ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Benin and Western Asia?
- 127,323 ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Western Asia rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 20th and Western Asia ranks 23rd 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.