Guinea vs Malawi: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

Guinea
531,646 ha
in 2024
Malawi
636,964 ha
in 2024
Guinea rank
19th
Malawi rank
16th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Guinea
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 636,964 ha against 531,646 ha in Guinea, a difference of 105,318 ha.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.2 times Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 19th and Malawi ranks 16th of 191 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea Malawi Difference Ahead
1960s 82,689 ha 30,556 ha 52,133 ha Guinea
1970s 101,858 ha 63,950 ha 37,908 ha Guinea
1980s 95,810 ha 104,753 ha 8,943 ha Malawi
1990s 142,890 ha 175,545 ha 32,654 ha Malawi
2000s 189,136 ha 337,639 ha 148,503 ha Malawi
2010s 283,408 ha 503,241 ha 219,833 ha Malawi
2020s 487,687 ha 636,790 ha 149,103 ha Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Guinea or Malawi?
Malawi, at 636,964 ha against 531,646 ha in Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Guinea and Malawi?
105,318 ha, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Malawi?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Guinea and Malawi rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Guinea ranks 19th and Malawi ranks 16th 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

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.