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

Central America
173,238 ha
in 2024
Rwanda
413,002 ha
in 2024
Central America rank
27th
Rwanda rank
27th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Central America
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 413,002 ha against 173,238 ha in Central America, a difference of 239,764 ha.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 2.4 times Central America's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Rwanda ahead.

Central America ranks 27th and Rwanda ranks 27th of 29 groups.

Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Central America Rwanda Difference Ahead
1960s 93,902 ha 104,986 ha 11,084 ha Rwanda
1970s 111,419 ha 146,166 ha 34,747 ha Rwanda
1980s 120,769 ha 227,466 ha 106,697 ha Rwanda
1990s 134,967 ha 343,630 ha 208,663 ha Rwanda
2000s 157,404 ha 442,467 ha 285,063 ha Rwanda
2010s 175,969 ha 363,761 ha 187,792 ha Rwanda
2020s 175,589 ha 422,500 ha 246,911 ha Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Central America or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 413,002 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 Rwanda?
239,764 ha, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Rwanda?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Central America and Rwanda rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Central America ranks 27th and Rwanda ranks 27th 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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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.