India vs Thailand: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- India
- Thailand
How they compare
India currently reports 2.65 million ha against 1.45 million ha in Thailand, a difference of 1.20 million ha.
That makes India's figure about 1.8 times Thailand's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
India ranks 5th and Thailand ranks 7th of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 6 and Thailand in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 897,849 ha | 142,778 ha | 755,071 ha | India |
| 1970s | 1.17 million ha | 562,968 ha | 606,292 ha | India |
| 1980s | 1.30 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 4,473 ha | Thailand |
| 1990s | 1.51 million ha | 1.32 million ha | 190,369 ha | India |
| 2000s | 1.88 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 754,385 ha | India |
| 2010s | 2.37 million ha | 1.37 million ha | 996,999 ha | India |
| 2020s | 2.56 million ha | 1.55 million ha | 1.01 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 Thailand?
- India, at 2.65 million ha against 1.45 million ha in Thailand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between India and Thailand?
- 1.20 million ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Thailand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and Thailand rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- India ranks 5th and Thailand ranks 7th 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.