Papua New Guinea vs World: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita
Papua New Guinea
0.0135 ha per person
in 2024
World
0.0009 ha per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
2nd
World rank
1st
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita over time
- Papua New Guinea
- World
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0135 ha per person against 0.0009 ha per person in World, a difference of 0.0126 ha per person.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 15.2 times World's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 99 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0338 ha per person | 0.0037 ha per person | 0.0301 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 0.0321 ha per person | 0.003 ha per person | 0.0291 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.0284 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | 0.0264 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.0223 ha per person | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0207 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.0169 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0156 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.0154 ha per person | 0.001 ha per person | 0.0143 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.014 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0131 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita, Papua New Guinea or World?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.0135 ha per person against 0.0009 ha per person in World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita between Papua New Guinea and World?
- 0.0126 ha per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and World?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and World rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st 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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About this data
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.