Caribbean vs Northern Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 700,924 ha against 509,376 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 191,548 ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 1.4 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 20th and Northern Africa ranks 18th of 29 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 5 and Northern Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 333,214 ha | 194,879 ha | 138,335 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 402,366 ha | 240,824 ha | 161,542 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 394,113 ha | 317,984 ha | 76,129 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 460,026 ha | 343,913 ha | 116,113 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 474,082 ha | 393,483 ha | 80,598 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 533,097 ha | 553,749 ha | 20,652 ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 473,158 ha | 669,392 ha | 196,234 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Caribbean or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 700,924 ha against 509,376 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Caribbean and Northern Africa?
- 191,548 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Northern Africa rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 20th and Northern Africa ranks 18th of 29 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.