China vs Madagascar: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre
China
0.2474 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Madagascar
0.2613 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
China rank
22nd
Madagascar rank
21st
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time
- China
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 0.2613 ha per square kilometre against 0.2474 ha per square kilometre in China, a difference of 0.0139 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 22nd and Madagascar ranks 21st of 99 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 6 and Madagascar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 ha per square kilometre | 0.0969 ha per square kilometre | 0.9242 ha per square kilometre | China |
| 1970s | 0.9649 ha per square kilometre | 0.1133 ha per square kilometre | 0.8516 ha per square kilometre | China |
| 1980s | 0.714 ha per square kilometre | 0.1548 ha per square kilometre | 0.5592 ha per square kilometre | China |
| 1990s | 0.651 ha per square kilometre | 0.1572 ha per square kilometre | 0.4938 ha per square kilometre | China |
| 2000s | 0.4858 ha per square kilometre | 0.1911 ha per square kilometre | 0.2947 ha per square kilometre | China |
| 2010s | 0.2797 ha per square kilometre | 0.2378 ha per square kilometre | 0.0419 ha per square kilometre | China |
| 2020s | 0.2474 ha per square kilometre | 0.2608 ha per square kilometre | 0.0134 ha per square kilometre | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre, China or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 0.2613 ha per square kilometre against 0.2474 ha per square kilometre in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre between China and Madagascar?
- 0.0139 ha per square kilometre, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Madagascar?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do China and Madagascar rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- China ranks 22nd and Madagascar ranks 21st 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.