Nigeria vs Rwanda: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita

Nigeria
0.0065 ha per person
in 2024
Rwanda
0.0126 ha per person
in 2024
Nigeria rank
6th
Rwanda rank
3rd

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita over time

  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
00.010.020.03196119922024

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 0.0126 ha per person against 0.0065 ha per person in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0061 ha per person.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.9 times Nigeria's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Rwanda has been ahead every year.

Nigeria ranks 6th and Rwanda ranks 3rd of 99 countries.

Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Rwanda Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0003 ha per person 0.0179 ha per person 0.0176 ha per person Rwanda
1970s 0.0002 ha per person 0.0182 ha per person 0.018 ha per person Rwanda
1980s 0.0002 ha per person 0.0206 ha per person 0.0204 ha per person Rwanda
1990s 0.002 ha per person 0.0223 ha per person 0.0204 ha per person Rwanda
2000s 0.0068 ha per person 0.0177 ha per person 0.011 ha per person Rwanda
2010s 0.0077 ha per person 0.012 ha per person 0.0043 ha per person Rwanda
2020s 0.0068 ha per person 0.0135 ha per person 0.0067 ha per person Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita, Nigeria or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 0.0126 ha per person against 0.0065 ha per person in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita between Nigeria and Rwanda?
0.0061 ha per person, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Rwanda?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Nigeria and Rwanda rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
Nigeria ranks 6th and Rwanda ranks 3rd 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.