Madagascar vs Western Europe: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

Madagascar
552,781 ha
in 2024
Western Europe
786,195 ha
in 2024
Madagascar rank
18th
Western Europe rank
17th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Madagascar
  • Western Europe
01.0M2.0M3.0M196119922024

How they compare

Western Europe currently reports 786,195 ha against 552,781 ha in Madagascar, a difference of 233,414 ha.

That makes Western Europe's figure about 1.4 times Madagascar's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Europe ahead.

Madagascar ranks 18th and Western Europe ranks 17th of 191 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar Western Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 252,063 ha 2.52 million ha 2.27 million ha Western Europe
1970s 314,992 ha 1.68 million ha 1.36 million ha Western Europe
1980s 463,480 ha 1.21 million ha 742,348 ha Western Europe
1990s 510,681 ha 782,392 ha 271,712 ha Western Europe
2000s 562,082 ha 706,659 ha 144,578 ha Western Europe
2010s 601,758 ha 705,960 ha 104,202 ha Western Europe
2020s 555,103 ha 768,663 ha 213,560 ha Western Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Madagascar or Western Europe?
Western Europe, at 786,195 ha against 552,781 ha in Madagascar as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Madagascar and Western Europe?
233,414 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Western Europe?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Madagascar and Western Europe rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Madagascar ranks 18th and Western Europe ranks 17th 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.