Caribbean vs Central America: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate
Caribbean
6.99 % change on previous year
in 2024
Central America
-3.66 % change on previous year
in 2024
Caribbean rank
23rd
Central America rank
20th
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate over time
- Caribbean
- Central America
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 6.99 % change on previous year against -3.66 % change on previous year in Central America, a difference of 10.65 % change on previous year.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.9 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 30 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 23rd and Central America ranks 20th of 127 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 4 and Central America in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Central America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.47 % change on previous year | 1.39 % change on previous year | 4.07 % change on previous year | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 1.6 % change on previous year | -9.96 % change on previous year | 11.56 % change on previous year | Caribbean |
| 1980s | -0.5524 % change on previous year | -2.04 % change on previous year | 1.49 % change on previous year | Caribbean |
| 1990s | -0.3414 % change on previous year | 0.8422 % change on previous year | 1.18 % change on previous year | Central America |
| 2000s | 3.74 % change on previous year | 3.27 % change on previous year | 0.4681 % change on previous year | Caribbean |
| 2010s | -3.62 % change on previous year | 8.01 % change on previous year | 11.63 % change on previous year | Central America |
| 2020s | 1.39 % change on previous year | 6.01 % change on previous year | 4.63 % change on previous year | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate, Caribbean or Central America?
- Caribbean, at 6.99 % change on previous year against -3.66 % change on previous year in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate between Caribbean and Central America?
- 10.65 % change on previous year, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Central America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Central America rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate?
- Caribbean ranks 23rd and Central America ranks 20th of 127 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.