Rwanda vs Southern Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

Rwanda
413,002 ha
in 2024
Southern Africa
172,829 ha
in 2024
Rwanda rank
27th
Southern Africa rank
28th

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Rwanda
  • Southern Africa
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 413,002 ha against 172,829 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 240,173 ha.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 2.4 times Southern Africa's.

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

Rwanda ranks 27th and Southern Africa ranks 28th of 191 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Rwanda Southern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 104,986 ha 90,935 ha 14,051 ha Rwanda
1970s 146,166 ha 95,260 ha 50,907 ha Rwanda
1980s 227,466 ha 117,002 ha 110,464 ha Rwanda
1990s 343,630 ha 124,851 ha 218,780 ha Rwanda
2000s 442,467 ha 133,668 ha 308,800 ha Rwanda
2010s 363,761 ha 160,418 ha 203,342 ha Rwanda
2020s 422,500 ha 175,468 ha 247,032 ha Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Rwanda or Southern Africa?
Rwanda, at 413,002 ha against 172,829 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Rwanda and Southern Africa?
240,173 ha, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Southern Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Rwanda and Southern Africa rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Rwanda ranks 27th 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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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.