Sierra Leone vs Southern Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- Sierra Leone
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 314,286 ha against 172,829 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 141,457 ha.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.8 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Africa ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 31st and Southern Africa ranks 28th of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 3 and Southern Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,041 ha | 90,935 ha | 56,894 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1970s | 33,768 ha | 95,260 ha | 61,491 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1980s | 35,250 ha | 117,002 ha | 81,752 ha | Southern Africa |
| 1990s | 56,156 ha | 124,851 ha | 68,695 ha | Southern Africa |
| 2000s | 244,475 ha | 133,668 ha | 110,807 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 303,032 ha | 160,418 ha | 142,614 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 218,281 ha | 175,468 ha | 42,812 ha | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Sierra Leone or Southern Africa?
- Sierra Leone, at 314,286 ha against 172,829 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Sierra Leone and Southern Africa?
- 141,457 ha, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Sierra Leone and Southern Africa rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 31st 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.