South Africa vs Zimbabwe: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- South Africa
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 105,552 ha against 96,414 ha in South Africa, a difference of 9,138 ha.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
South Africa ranks 62nd and Zimbabwe ranks 59th of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 5 and Zimbabwe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60,824 ha | 16,337 ha | 44,487 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 59,800 ha | 18,404 ha | 41,396 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 75,361 ha | 22,169 ha | 53,191 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 74,162 ha | 37,668 ha | 36,494 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 70,214 ha | 64,751 ha | 5,464 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 88,591 ha | 90,682 ha | 2,091 ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 98,958 ha | 106,328 ha | 7,370 ha | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, South Africa or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 105,552 ha against 96,414 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between South Africa and Zimbabwe?
- 9,138 ha, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Zimbabwe rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 62nd and Zimbabwe ranks 59th 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.