India vs Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

India
2.65 million ha
in 2024
Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
869,990 ha
in 2024
India rank
5th
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) rank
6th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • India
  • Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922024

How they compare

India currently reports 2.65 million ha against 869,990 ha in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), a difference of 1.78 million ha.

That makes India's figure about 3.0 times Small Island Developing States (SIDS)'s.

Across all 64 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

India ranks 5th and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ranks 6th of 191 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade India Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Difference Ahead
1960s 897,849 ha 539,747 ha 358,102 ha India
1970s 1.17 million ha 630,511 ha 538,749 ha India
1980s 1.30 million ha 648,574 ha 648,336 ha India
1990s 1.51 million ha 728,973 ha 777,057 ha India
2000s 1.88 million ha 783,017 ha 1.10 million ha India
2010s 2.37 million ha 872,374 ha 1.50 million ha India
2020s 2.56 million ha 833,653 ha 1.72 million ha India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, India or Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
India, at 2.65 million ha against 869,990 ha in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between India and Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
1.78 million ha, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Small Island Developing States (SIDS)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do India and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
India ranks 5th and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) ranks 6th 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.