Central America vs Ethiopia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

Central America
173,238 ha
in 2024
Ethiopia
451,283 ha
in 2024
Central America rank
27th
Ethiopia rank
25th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Central America
  • Ethiopia
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 451,283 ha against 173,238 ha in Central America, a difference of 278,045 ha.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 2.6 times Central America's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Central America ahead.

Central America ranks 27th and Ethiopia ranks 25th of 29 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 2 and Ethiopia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Central America Ethiopia Difference Ahead
1990s 133,541 ha 96,119 ha 37,422 ha Central America
2000s 157,404 ha 131,880 ha 25,524 ha Central America
2010s 175,969 ha 343,218 ha 167,250 ha Ethiopia
2020s 175,589 ha 459,322 ha 283,732 ha Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Central America or Ethiopia?
Ethiopia, at 451,283 ha against 173,238 ha in Central America as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Central America and Ethiopia?
278,045 ha, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Ethiopia?
32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
How do Central America and Ethiopia rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Central America ranks 27th and Ethiopia ranks 25th of 29 groups.
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

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.