Chad vs South Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- Chad
- South Africa
How they compare
Chad currently reports 105,397 ha against 96,414 ha in South Africa, a difference of 8,983 ha.
That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Chad ranks 60th and South Africa ranks 62nd of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 3 and South Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,844 ha | 60,824 ha | 13,979 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 73,460 ha | 59,800 ha | 13,660 ha | Chad |
| 1980s | 104,960 ha | 75,361 ha | 29,599 ha | Chad |
| 1990s | 83,084 ha | 74,162 ha | 8,922 ha | Chad |
| 2000s | 55,690 ha | 70,214 ha | 14,524 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 74,814 ha | 88,591 ha | 13,777 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 85,231 ha | 98,958 ha | 13,727 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Chad or South Africa?
- Chad, at 105,397 ha against 96,414 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Chad and South Africa?
- 8,983 ha, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Chad and South Africa rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 60th and South Africa ranks 62nd 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.