Ecuador vs Sri Lanka: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- Ecuador
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 38,047 ha against 33,117 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 4,930 ha.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 88th and Sri Lanka ranks 91st of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 5 and Sri Lanka in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,827 ha | 70,233 ha | 3,594 ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 78,602 ha | 132,809 ha | 54,208 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 66,832 ha | 73,122 ha | 6,289 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 81,849 ha | 49,243 ha | 32,606 ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 75,773 ha | 37,192 ha | 38,581 ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 61,748 ha | 33,356 ha | 28,392 ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 47,575 ha | 34,758 ha | 12,818 ha | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Ecuador or Sri Lanka?
- Ecuador, at 38,047 ha against 33,117 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Ecuador and Sri Lanka?
- 4,930 ha, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Sri Lanka rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 88th and Sri Lanka ranks 91st 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.