Central America vs Puerto Rico: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate
Central America
-3.66 % change on previous year
in 2024
Puerto Rico
11.54 % change on previous year
in 2024
Central America rank
20th
Puerto Rico rank
17th
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate over time
- Central America
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 11.54 % change on previous year against -3.66 % change on previous year in Central America, a difference of 15.2 % change on previous year.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 3.2 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 31 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Central America ahead.
Central America ranks 20th and Puerto Rico ranks 17th of 26 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 6 and Puerto Rico in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.39 % change on previous year | -5.49 % change on previous year | 6.88 % change on previous year | Central America |
| 1970s | -9.96 % change on previous year | -2.3 % change on previous year | 7.66 % change on previous year | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | -2.04 % change on previous year | -4.27 % change on previous year | 2.22 % change on previous year | Central America |
| 1990s | 0.8422 % change on previous year | -8.76 % change on previous year | 9.6 % change on previous year | Central America |
| 2000s | 3.27 % change on previous year | -0.6648 % change on previous year | 3.93 % change on previous year | Central America |
| 2010s | 8.01 % change on previous year | -5.67 % change on previous year | 13.68 % change on previous year | Central America |
| 2020s | 6.01 % change on previous year | -14.75 % change on previous year | 20.76 % 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, Central America or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 11.54 % 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 Central America and Puerto Rico?
- 15.2 % change on previous year, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Puerto Rico?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Puerto Rico rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate?
- Central America ranks 20th and Puerto Rico ranks 17th of 26 groups.
- 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.