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

Liberia
0.0227 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
South Africa
0.0238 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Liberia rank
56th
South Africa rank
55th

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time

  • Liberia
  • South Africa
0.010.0150.020.0250.03196119922023

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 0.0238 ha per square kilometre against 0.0227 ha per square kilometre in Liberia, a difference of 0.0011 ha per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.

Liberia ranks 56th and South Africa ranks 55th of 99 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Liberia South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.01 ha per square kilometre 0.012 ha per square kilometre 0.002 ha per square kilometre South Africa
1970s 0.0145 ha per square kilometre 0.0107 ha per square kilometre 0.0038 ha per square kilometre Liberia
1980s 0.0168 ha per square kilometre 0.0119 ha per square kilometre 0.0049 ha per square kilometre Liberia
1990s 0.0174 ha per square kilometre 0.0131 ha per square kilometre 0.0043 ha per square kilometre Liberia
2000s 0.0202 ha per square kilometre 0.0132 ha per square kilometre 0.007 ha per square kilometre Liberia
2010s 0.0218 ha per square kilometre 0.0194 ha per square kilometre 0.0024 ha per square kilometre Liberia
2020s 0.0227 ha per square kilometre 0.0257 ha per square kilometre 0.003 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, Liberia or South Africa?
South Africa, at 0.0238 ha per square kilometre against 0.0227 ha per square kilometre in Liberia as of 2023.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre between Liberia and South Africa?
0.0011 ha per square kilometre, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and South Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Liberia and South Africa rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
Liberia ranks 56th 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
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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.