Pakistan vs Southern Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- Pakistan
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 352,045 ha against 172,829 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 179,216 ha.
That makes Pakistan's figure about 2.0 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Pakistan ranks 29th and Southern Africa ranks 28th of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Pakistan averaged higher in 2 and Southern Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Pakistan | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,760 ha | 90,935 ha | 73,175 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 26,503 ha | 95,260 ha | 68,757 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 69,064 ha | 117,002 ha | 47,939 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 95,711 ha | 124,851 ha | 29,140 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 131,262 ha | 133,668 ha | 2,405 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 187,526 ha | 160,418 ha | 27,108 ha | Pakistan |
| 2020s | 296,033 ha | 175,468 ha | 120,565 ha | Pakistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Pakistan or Southern Africa?
- Pakistan, at 352,045 ha against 172,829 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Pakistan and Southern Africa?
- 179,216 ha, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Pakistan and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Pakistan and Southern Africa rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 29th and Southern Africa ranks 28th 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.