Democratic People's Republic of Korea vs Iran (Islamic Republic of): Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
171,070 ha
in 2024
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
90,519 ha
in 2024
Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank
12th
Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank
13th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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How they compare

Democratic People's Republic of Korea currently reports 171,070 ha against 90,519 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of), a difference of 80,551 ha.

That makes Democratic People's Republic of Korea's figure about 1.9 times Iran (Islamic Republic of)'s.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Democratic People's Republic of Korea ahead.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 12th and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 13th of 20 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Democratic People's Republic of Korea averaged higher in 4 and Iran (Islamic Republic of) in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic People's Republic of Korea Iran (Islamic Republic of) Difference Ahead
1960s 45,278 ha 32,889 ha 12,389 ha Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1970s 52,950 ha 53,000 ha 50.3 ha Iran (Islamic Republic of)
1980s 71,450 ha 117,113 ha 45,663 ha Iran (Islamic Republic of)
1990s 97,059 ha 151,417 ha 54,358 ha Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2000s 208,574 ha 170,865 ha 37,709 ha Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2010s 193,895 ha 147,473 ha 46,422 ha Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2020s 186,710 ha 94,895 ha 91,815 ha Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Democratic People's Republic of Korea or Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, at 171,070 ha against 90,519 ha in Iran (Islamic Republic of) as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
80,551 ha, with Democratic People's Republic of Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 12th and Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 13th of 20 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.