Madagascar vs Sierra Leone: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita

Madagascar
0.0047 ha per person
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.0036 ha per person
in 2024
Madagascar rank
12th
Sierra Leone rank
15th

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita over time

  • Madagascar
  • Sierra Leone
00.0030.0050.0070.010.013196119922024

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 0.0047 ha per person against 0.0036 ha per person in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0011 ha per person.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.3 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 12th and Sierra Leone ranks 15th of 99 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 6 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0097 ha per person 0.0021 ha per person 0.0076 ha per person Madagascar
1970s 0.0086 ha per person 0.0023 ha per person 0.0063 ha per person Madagascar
1980s 0.0088 ha per person 0.0013 ha per person 0.0074 ha per person Madagascar
1990s 0.0066 ha per person 0.003 ha per person 0.0036 ha per person Madagascar
2000s 0.0058 ha per person 0.0054 ha per person 0.0005 ha per person Madagascar
2010s 0.0055 ha per person 0.0056 ha per person 0 ha per person Sierra Leone
2020s 0.005 ha per person 0.0037 ha per person 0.0013 ha per person Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita, Madagascar or Sierra Leone?
Madagascar, at 0.0047 ha per person against 0.0036 ha per person in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita between Madagascar and Sierra Leone?
0.0011 ha per person, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sierra Leone?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Madagascar and Sierra Leone rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
Madagascar ranks 12th and Sierra Leone ranks 15th of 99 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
100 places, 5,679 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.