Chad vs South Africa: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre

Chad
0.0256 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
South Africa
0.0238 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Chad rank
54th
South Africa rank
55th

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time

  • Chad
  • South Africa
00.010.020.03196119922023

How they compare

Chad currently reports 0.0256 ha per square kilometre against 0.0238 ha per square kilometre in South Africa, a difference of 0.0018 ha per square kilometre.

That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.

Chad ranks 54th and South Africa ranks 55th of 99 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0053 ha per square kilometre 0.012 ha per square kilometre 0.0067 ha per square kilometre South Africa
1970s 0.0043 ha per square kilometre 0.0107 ha per square kilometre 0.0064 ha per square kilometre South Africa
1980s 0.0056 ha per square kilometre 0.0119 ha per square kilometre 0.0063 ha per square kilometre South Africa
1990s 0.0144 ha per square kilometre 0.0131 ha per square kilometre 0.0013 ha per square kilometre Chad
2000s 0.0036 ha per square kilometre 0.0132 ha per square kilometre 0.0096 ha per square kilometre South Africa
2010s 0.0214 ha per square kilometre 0.0194 ha per square kilometre 0.002 ha per square kilometre Chad
2020s 0.0244 ha per square kilometre 0.0257 ha per square kilometre 0.0013 ha per square kilometre South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre, Chad or South Africa?
Chad, at 0.0256 ha per square kilometre against 0.0238 ha per square kilometre in South Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre between Chad and South Africa?
0.0018 ha per square kilometre, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and South Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Chad and South Africa rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
Chad ranks 54th and South Africa ranks 55th 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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Indicator
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Unit
ha per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
100 places, 5,585 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.