Switzerland vs Uruguay: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested

Switzerland
10,685 ha
in 2024
Uruguay
11,316 ha
in 2024
Switzerland rank
126th
Uruguay rank
123rd

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time

  • Switzerland
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 11,316 ha against 10,685 ha in Switzerland, a difference of 631 ha.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.

Switzerland ranks 126th and Uruguay ranks 123rd of 191 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Switzerland averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Switzerland Uruguay Difference Ahead
1960s 41,926 ha 36,045 ha 5,881 ha Switzerland
1970s 25,631 ha 37,600 ha 11,969 ha Uruguay
1980s 22,253 ha 33,827 ha 11,574 ha Uruguay
1990s 16,496 ha 20,147 ha 3,651 ha Uruguay
2000s 12,681 ha 15,376 ha 2,694 ha Uruguay
2010s 11,063 ha 12,725 ha 1,662 ha Uruguay
2020s 10,761 ha 11,879 ha 1,118 ha Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Switzerland or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 11,316 ha against 10,685 ha in Switzerland as of 2024.
What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Switzerland and Uruguay?
631 ha, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Switzerland and Uruguay?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Switzerland and Uruguay rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
Switzerland ranks 126th and Uruguay ranks 123rd 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

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.