Colombia vs Papua New Guinea: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

Colombia
258,804 ha
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
241,835 ha
in 2024
Colombia rank
36th
Papua New Guinea rank
37th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Colombia
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Colombia currently reports 258,804 ha against 241,835 ha in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 16,969 ha.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Colombia has been ahead every year.

Colombia ranks 36th and Papua New Guinea ranks 37th of 191 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 226,300 ha 121,869 ha 104,431 ha Colombia
1970s 349,960 ha 147,736 ha 202,224 ha Colombia
1980s 344,732 ha 165,903 ha 178,829 ha Colombia
1990s 372,249 ha 172,937 ha 199,312 ha Colombia
2000s 331,028 ha 198,302 ha 132,727 ha Colombia
2010s 351,799 ha 228,563 ha 123,236 ha Colombia
2020s 259,505 ha 242,531 ha 16,974 ha Colombia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Colombia or Papua New Guinea?
Colombia, at 258,804 ha against 241,835 ha in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Colombia and Papua New Guinea?
16,969 ha, with Colombia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Papua New Guinea?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Colombia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Colombia ranks 36th and Papua New Guinea ranks 37th 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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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.