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

Rwanda
0.0126 ha per person
in 2024
World
0.0009 ha per person
in 2024
Rwanda rank
3rd
World rank
1st

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita over time

  • Rwanda
  • World
00.010.020.03196119922024

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 0.0126 ha per person against 0.0009 ha per person in World, a difference of 0.0117 ha per person.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 14.2 times World's.

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

Rwanda ranks 3rd and World ranks 1st of 99 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Rwanda World Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0179 ha per person 0.0037 ha per person 0.0142 ha per person Rwanda
1970s 0.0182 ha per person 0.003 ha per person 0.0152 ha per person Rwanda
1980s 0.0206 ha per person 0.002 ha per person 0.0186 ha per person Rwanda
1990s 0.0223 ha per person 0.0016 ha per person 0.0207 ha per person Rwanda
2000s 0.0177 ha per person 0.0014 ha per person 0.0164 ha per person Rwanda
2010s 0.012 ha per person 0.001 ha per person 0.011 ha per person Rwanda
2020s 0.0135 ha per person 0.0009 ha per person 0.0126 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, Rwanda or World?
Rwanda, at 0.0126 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 Rwanda and World?
0.0117 ha per person, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Rwanda and World rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
Rwanda ranks 3rd 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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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.