Burundi vs Rwanda: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Burundi
3.24 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Rwanda
7.22 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Burundi rank
3rd
Rwanda rank
1st
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time
- Burundi
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 7.22 ha per square kilometre against 3.24 ha per square kilometre in Burundi, a difference of 3.98 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 2.2 times Burundi's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Rwanda ahead.
Burundi ranks 3rd and Rwanda ranks 1st of 99 countries.
Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.4 ha per square kilometre | 2.47 ha per square kilometre | 0.0719 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 2.51 ha per square kilometre | 3.38 ha per square kilometre | 0.8653 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 3.41 ha per square kilometre | 5.19 ha per square kilometre | 1.78 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 4.14 ha per square kilometre | 6.7 ha per square kilometre | 2.56 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 4.92 ha per square kilometre | 6.4 ha per square kilometre | 1.48 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 3.27 ha per square kilometre | 5.66 ha per square kilometre | 2.39 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 3.65 ha per square kilometre | 7.49 ha per square kilometre | 3.85 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre, Burundi or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 7.22 ha per square kilometre against 3.24 ha per square kilometre in Burundi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre between Burundi and Rwanda?
- 3.98 ha per square kilometre, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Rwanda?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Burundi and Rwanda rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Burundi ranks 3rd and Rwanda ranks 1st of 99 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.