Benin vs Western Europe: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 786,195 ha against 520,628 ha in Benin, a difference of 265,567 ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 1.5 times Benin's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
Benin ranks 20th and Western Europe ranks 17th of 191 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 160,090 ha | 2.52 million ha | 2.36 million ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 169,431 ha | 1.68 million ha | 1.51 million ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 188,054 ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.02 million ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 283,806 ha | 782,392 ha | 498,586 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 412,115 ha | 706,659 ha | 294,544 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 499,631 ha | 705,960 ha | 206,329 ha | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 605,955 ha | 768,663 ha | 162,708 ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Benin or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 786,195 ha against 520,628 ha in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Benin and Western Europe?
- 265,567 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Western Europe rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 20th and Western Europe ranks 17th 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.