Ethiopia vs Southern Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

Ethiopia
451,283 ha
in 2024
Southern Africa
172,829 ha
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
25th
Southern Africa rank
28th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Southern Africa
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 451,283 ha against 172,829 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 278,454 ha.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 2.6 times Southern Africa's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Southern Africa ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 28th of 191 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 2 and Southern Africa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Southern Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 96,119 ha 124,512 ha 28,393 ha Southern Africa
2000s 131,880 ha 133,668 ha 1,787 ha Southern Africa
2010s 343,218 ha 160,418 ha 182,800 ha Ethiopia
2020s 459,322 ha 175,468 ha 283,853 ha Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Ethiopia or Southern Africa?
Ethiopia, at 451,283 ha against 172,829 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Ethiopia and Southern Africa?
278,454 ha, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Southern Africa?
32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Southern Africa rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Ethiopia ranks 25th and Southern Africa ranks 28th 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
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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.