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Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, per square kilometre by country

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
169
Highest
22.96 ha per square kilometre
Nigeria
Lowest
0.0007 ha per square kilometre
United Arab Emirates
Median
0.275 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,705

What the numbers show

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, per square kilometre is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 22.96 ha per square kilometre in Nigeria; the lowest is 0.0007 ha per square kilometre in United Arab Emirates.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.275 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 1.22 ha per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 32,615.

Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 1,045.2%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 76.3%).

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 22.96 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 47.8% volatile
2 Burundi 18.98 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 9.9% rising
3 Rwanda 17.05 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 38.7% rising
4 Comoros 10.47 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% rising
5 Ghana 8.56 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 24.5% rising
6 Haiti 8.02 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.9% rising
7 Togo 7.99 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 26.8% volatile
8 Malawi 6.85 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 37.6% volatile
9 Dominica 6.32 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% rising
10 Uganda 6.09 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 9.0% rising
11 Benin 5.75 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 32.4% rising
12 Bangladesh 3.73 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% volatile
13 Cambodia 3.39 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 54.3% volatile
14 Sierra Leone 3.23 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 44.3% volatile
15 Belgium 3.14 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 26.3% rising
16 Tonga 3.09 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% volatile
17 Thailand 2.97 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.0% rising
18 Sao Tome and Principe 2.91 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.4% rising
19 Lebanon 2.71 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 74.8% rising
20 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.13 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 76.3% volatile
21 Guinea 2.12 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 86.5% volatile
22 Ukraine 2.09 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 13.2% falling
23 Cameroon 2.09 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 61.2% rising
24 Saint Lucia 1.89 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 19.0% falling
25 Equatorial Guinea 1.77 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 5.8% rising
26 Cuba 1.72 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 21.3% rising
27 Jamaica 1.63 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 23.1% flat
28 Nepal 1.63 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% volatile
29 Malta 1.59 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 27.1% falling
30 Denmark 1.53 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 54.3% rising
31 Samoa 1.42 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 39.4% rising
32 Dominican Republic 1.41 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 65.0% falling
33 Mozambique 1.27 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% rising
34 Philippines 1.17 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% rising
35 Angola 1.08 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.6% volatile
36 Guinea-Bissau 0.9547 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 86.8% rising
37 Madagascar 0.943 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 12.1% rising
38 Liberia 0.9161 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 19.4% rising
39 India 0.8903 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 14.5% rising
40 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.8885 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% falling
41 Grenada 0.8765 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 10.0% falling
42 Eswatini 0.8622 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 10.7% rising
43 Belarus 0.803 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 46.7% falling
44 China 0.7787 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 10.0% falling
45 Germany 0.7575 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 8.8% volatile
46 Israel 0.7018 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 22.9% volatile
47 Tuvalu 0.7 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% rising
48 Fiji 0.6899 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 28.3% rising
49 Armenia 0.663 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 38.5% falling
50 Zambia 0.6445 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 343.1% volatile
51 Kenya 0.6429 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 30.9% rising
52 Mauritius 0.6159 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 43.0% rising
53 Poland 0.6157 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 45.5% volatile
54 Azerbaijan 0.5983 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 24.3% rising
55 Senegal 0.5859 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 341.5% volatile
56 Sri Lanka 0.5791 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% volatile
57 Solomon Islands 0.541 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% rising
58 Papua New Guinea 0.5353 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 8.8% rising
59 Congo 0.4924 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 17.5% rising
60 North Macedonia 0.4859 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 10.5% flat
61 Paraguay 0.4756 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.7% rising
62 Vanuatu 0.4685 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% volatile
63 Pakistan 0.4613 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 88.4% volatile
64 Indonesia 0.4476 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 38.6% falling
65 Kiribati 0.4444 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.9% falling
66 Gabon 0.4345 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% rising
67 Barbados 0.4256 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 11.6% volatile
68 Tajikistan 0.4078 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 28.6% rising
69 Palestine, State of 0.39 ha per square kilometre 2022 up 128.4% flat
70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3841 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 44.4% falling
71 Peru 0.3833 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% rising
72 France 0.3785 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 20.7% volatile
73 Kyrgyzstan 0.3779 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 10.0% rising
74 Ethiopia 0.3749 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 41.1% volatile
75 Albania 0.3674 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 10.6% falling
76 Cyprus 0.3593 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 29.6% falling
77 Romania 0.3455 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 61.7% falling
78 Central African Republic 0.3442 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 13.6% falling
79 Antigua and Barbuda 0.3386 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 29.6% rising
80 Japan 0.3371 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 13.9% volatile
81 Costa Rica 0.3285 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 13.7% volatile
82 El Salvador 0.3237 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 10.6% volatile
83 Egypt 0.2894 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 64.1% volatile
84 Serbia 0.2786 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 52.0% falling
85 Gambia 0.275 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.2% rising
86 Czechia 0.2715 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% volatile
87 Switzerland 0.2709 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% volatile
88 Zimbabwe 0.2682 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 27.4% volatile
89 Uzbekistan 0.2544 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 41.6% rising
90 Austria 0.2499 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.4% volatile
91 Lesotho 0.2453 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.4% volatile
92 Nicaragua 0.2372 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 46.5% volatile
93 Lithuania 0.2353 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 48.6% volatile
94 Colombia 0.2324 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 37.4% rising
95 Georgia 0.2302 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 38.2% falling
96 Luxembourg 0.2175 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.7% falling
97 Guatemala 0.2081 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 10.4% rising
98 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2058 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 38.5% falling
99 Ecuador 0.2 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 35.4% falling
100 South Sudan 0.1871 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 17.1% rising
101 New Caledonia 0.1869 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 43.7% falling
102 Brazil 0.1678 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 18.4% falling
103 Tunisia 0.1602 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.7% rising
104 Portugal 0.1581 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 47.9% volatile
105 Italy 0.1537 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 10.3% volatile
106 Bhutan 0.1488 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 13.1% rising
107 Slovenia 0.146 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 28.2% volatile
108 Montenegro 0.1413 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 41.3% volatile
109 Morocco 0.1292 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 6.5% rising
110 Croatia 0.1292 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 29.3% volatile
111 Latvia 0.1286 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 70.7% volatile
112 Eritrea 0.1284 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 18.6% falling
113 Turkmenistan 0.1192 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 193.5% volatile
114 Ireland 0.1192 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 23.3% volatile
115 Spain 0.1188 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 18.2% volatile
116 Burkina Faso 0.1185 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 13.0% rising
117 Slovakia 0.1129 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 39.5% volatile
118 Panama 0.1126 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 19.4% flat
119 French Polynesia 0.1049 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 22.6% falling
120 Puerto Rico 0.1003 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% volatile
121 Honduras 0.0989 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 63.3% rising
122 Afghanistan 0.0935 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 165.7% volatile
123 Sudan 0.0867 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 50.1% rising
124 Greece 0.085 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 74.8% falling
125 Hungary 0.0829 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 64.2% volatile
126 Myanmar 0.0769 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 42.2% volatile
127 South Africa 0.0766 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 11.2% rising
128 Estonia 0.0749 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 50.7% volatile
129 Faroe Islands 0.0737 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.4% flat
130 Chad 0.0655 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.1% rising
131 Uruguay 0.0654 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 5.9% falling
132 Bulgaria 0.0647 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 45.0% falling
133 Algeria 0.0579 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 14.5% rising
134 Bahamas 0.0572 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 10.4% volatile
135 Sweden 0.0552 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 5.8% falling
136 Namibia 0.055 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 13.2% rising
137 Finland 0.0543 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 25.4% falling
138 Jordan 0.0542 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 41.5% volatile
139 Mali 0.0486 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 52.4% volatile
140 Seychelles 0.0435 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 11.1% volatile
141 Niger 0.0412 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 229.2% falling
142 Chile 0.041 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 40.1% falling
143 Mexico 0.0388 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.7% rising
144 New Zealand 0.0366 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 17.9% rising
145 Kazakhstan 0.0351 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 24.6% falling
146 Yemen 0.034 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 20.4% rising
147 Argentina 0.0329 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 13.1% falling
148 Norway 0.0316 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.7% volatile
149 Kuwait 0.0272 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 72.3% volatile
150 Maldives 0.0235 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 60.9% volatile
151 Guyana 0.0228 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 35.3% flat
152 Iraq 0.0227 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 74.0% volatile
153 Somalia 0.0178 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 8.7% volatile
154 Canada 0.0176 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 12.8% volatile
155 Botswana 0.0161 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 6.6% rising
156 Malaysia 0.0154 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 32.6% volatile
157 Mongolia 0.0125 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 25.2% volatile
158 Belize 0.0114 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 81.1% rising
159 Libya 0.0106 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 24.4% rising
160 Bahrain 0.01 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 285.0% volatile
161 Saudi Arabia 0.0079 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 12.3% volatile
162 Australia 0.005 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% falling
163 Iceland 0.0047 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.5% falling
164 Mauritania 0.0037 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
165 Qatar 0.003 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1,045.2% volatile
166 Suriname 0.0024 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 5.4% falling
167 Oman 0.0014 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 32.7% volatile
168 Singapore 0.0014 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.5% volatile
169 United Arab Emirates 0.0007 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 64.5% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

  • World 0.5459 ha per square kilometre

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Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Unit
ha per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
170 places, 9,705 data points, 1961–2023
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Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.