New Zealand vs Sri Lanka: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita

New Zealand
0.0002 ha per person
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.0002 ha per person
in 2024
New Zealand rank
59th
Sri Lanka rank
61st

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita over time

  • New Zealand
  • Sri Lanka
00.0010.0020.0030.004196119922024

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.0002 ha per person against 0.0002 ha per person in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0 ha per person.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

New Zealand ranks 59th and Sri Lanka ranks 61st of 99 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade New Zealand Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0001 ha per person 0.0014 ha per person 0.0013 ha per person Sri Lanka
1970s 0.0002 ha per person 0.002 ha per person 0.0018 ha per person Sri Lanka
1980s 0.0002 ha per person 0.0009 ha per person 0.0008 ha per person Sri Lanka
1990s 0.0003 ha per person 0.0005 ha per person 0.0003 ha per person Sri Lanka
2000s 0.0003 ha per person 0.0003 ha per person 0.0001 ha per person Sri Lanka
2010s 0.0003 ha per person 0.0002 ha per person 0 ha per person New Zealand
2020s 0.0002 ha per person 0.0002 ha per person 0 ha per person New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita, New Zealand or Sri Lanka?
New Zealand, at 0.0002 ha per person against 0.0002 ha per person in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita between New Zealand and Sri Lanka?
0 ha per person, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Sri Lanka?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do New Zealand and Sri Lanka rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
New Zealand ranks 59th and Sri Lanka ranks 61st 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.