Malawi vs World: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre

Malawi
3.3 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
World
0.0553 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Malawi rank
2nd
World rank
1st

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time

  • Malawi
  • World
0123196119922023

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 3.3 ha per square kilometre against 0.0553 ha per square kilometre in World, a difference of 3.24 ha per square kilometre.

That makes Malawi's figure about 59.6 times World's.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 99 countries.

Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi World Difference Ahead
2010s 2.63 ha per square kilometre 0.0586 ha per square kilometre 2.57 ha per square kilometre Malawi
2020s 3.3 ha per square kilometre 0.0557 ha per square kilometre 3.25 ha per square kilometre Malawi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre, Malawi or World?
Malawi, at 3.3 ha per square kilometre against 0.0553 ha per square kilometre in World as of 2023.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre between Malawi and World?
3.24 ha per square kilometre, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and World?
10 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2023.
How do Malawi and World rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
Malawi ranks 2nd and World 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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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.