Melanesia vs Papua New Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate
Melanesia
-0.3267 % change on previous year
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
-0.2444 % change on previous year
in 2024
Melanesia rank
75th
Papua New Guinea rank
72nd
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate over time
- Melanesia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports -0.2444 % change on previous year against -0.3267 % change on previous year in Melanesia, a difference of 0.0823 % change on previous year.
The two have swapped places 28 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Melanesia ranks 75th and Papua New Guinea ranks 72nd of 127 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.01 % change on previous year | 1.03 % change on previous year | 0.029 % change on previous year | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 1.33 % change on previous year | 1.42 % change on previous year | 0.0904 % change on previous year | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.8868 % change on previous year | 0.9436 % change on previous year | 0.0568 % change on previous year | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.2471 % change on previous year | 0.1698 % change on previous year | 0.0773 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 1.72 % change on previous year | 1.65 % change on previous year | 0.0662 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 1.72 % change on previous year | 1.73 % change on previous year | 0.0095 % change on previous year | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.3272 % change on previous year | 0.0689 % change on previous year | 0.2583 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate, Melanesia or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at -0.2444 % change on previous year against -0.3267 % change on previous year in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate between Melanesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0823 % change on previous year, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate?
- Melanesia ranks 75th and Papua New Guinea ranks 72nd 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.