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

Malawi
636,964 ha
in 2024
Polynesia
7,070 ha
in 2024
Malawi rank
16th
Polynesia rank
18th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Malawi
  • Polynesia
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 636,964 ha against 7,070 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 629,894 ha.

That makes Malawi's figure about 90.1 times Polynesia's.

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

Malawi ranks 16th and Polynesia ranks 18th of 191 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Polynesia Difference Ahead
1960s 30,556 ha 13,692 ha 16,864 ha Malawi
1970s 63,950 ha 16,187 ha 47,763 ha Malawi
1980s 104,753 ha 15,622 ha 89,130 ha Malawi
1990s 175,545 ha 9,935 ha 165,610 ha Malawi
2000s 337,639 ha 8,181 ha 329,459 ha Malawi
2010s 503,241 ha 9,472 ha 493,769 ha Malawi
2020s 636,790 ha 7,151 ha 629,639 ha Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Malawi or Polynesia?
Malawi, at 636,964 ha against 7,070 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Malawi and Polynesia?
629,894 ha, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Polynesia?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Polynesia rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Malawi ranks 16th and Polynesia ranks 18th 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
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.