Malawi vs Papua New Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita

Malawi
0.0145 ha per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.0135 ha per person
in 2024
Malawi rank
1st
Papua New Guinea rank
2nd

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita over time

  • Malawi
  • Papua New Guinea
0.010.0150.020.0250.030.035196119922024

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.0145 ha per person against 0.0135 ha per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.001 ha per person.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Malawi ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd of 99 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
2010s 0.0139 ha per person 0.0152 ha per person 0.0013 ha per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.0152 ha per person 0.014 ha per person 0.0011 ha per person Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita, Malawi or Papua New Guinea?
Malawi, at 0.0145 ha per person against 0.0135 ha per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita between Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
0.001 ha per person, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
11 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
Malawi ranks 1st and Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd 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.