Eastern Africa vs Saudi Arabia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield over time
- Eastern Africa
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 33,172 kg/ha against 9,310 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 23,862 kg/ha.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 3.6 times Eastern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 24th and Saudi Arabia ranks 22nd of 29 groups.
Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,748 kg/ha | 8,692 kg/ha | 3,944 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1970s | 5,164 kg/ha | 7,948 kg/ha | 2,785 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1980s | 6,430 kg/ha | 15,109 kg/ha | 8,679 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 6,182 kg/ha | 19,045 kg/ha | 12,862 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 7,061 kg/ha | 24,459 kg/ha | 17,398 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 8,000 kg/ha | 24,202 kg/ha | 16,201 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 9,235 kg/ha | 31,541 kg/ha | 22,306 kg/ha | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — yield, Eastern Africa or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 33,172 kg/ha against 9,310 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — yield between Eastern Africa and Saudi Arabia?
- 23,862 kg/ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Saudi Arabia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Saudi Arabia rank globally for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 24th and Saudi Arabia ranks 22nd of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. 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.