Democratic People's Republic of Korea vs Melanesia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

Democratic People's Republic of Korea
171,070 ha
in 2024
Melanesia
279,372 ha
in 2024
Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank
12th
Melanesia rank
9th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Melanesia
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How they compare

Melanesia currently reports 279,372 ha against 171,070 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a difference of 108,302 ha.

That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.6 times Democratic People's Republic of Korea's.

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

Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 9th of 20 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic People's Republic of Korea Melanesia Difference Ahead
1960s 45,278 ha 148,921 ha 103,643 ha Melanesia
1970s 52,950 ha 165,639 ha 112,689 ha Melanesia
1980s 71,450 ha 187,965 ha 116,515 ha Melanesia
1990s 97,059 ha 197,558 ha 100,499 ha Melanesia
2000s 208,574 ha 231,137 ha 22,564 ha Melanesia
2010s 193,895 ha 263,277 ha 69,382 ha Melanesia
2020s 186,710 ha 279,246 ha 92,536 ha Melanesia

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 Melanesia?
Melanesia, at 279,372 ha against 171,070 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Melanesia?
108,302 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Melanesia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Melanesia rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 12th and Melanesia ranks 9th 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
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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.