New Zealand vs Spain: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre

New Zealand
0.0046 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Spain
0.0043 ha per square kilometre
in 2017
New Zealand rank
76th
Spain rank
77th

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time

  • New Zealand
  • Spain
00.0050.010.015196119922023

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.0046 ha per square kilometre against 0.0043 ha per square kilometre in Spain, a difference of 0.0003 ha per square kilometre.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.

New Zealand ranks 76th and Spain ranks 77th of 99 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade New Zealand Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0012 ha per square kilometre 0.0112 ha per square kilometre 0.01 ha per square kilometre Spain
1970s 0.0022 ha per square kilometre 0.007 ha per square kilometre 0.0048 ha per square kilometre Spain
1980s 0.0021 ha per square kilometre 0.0052 ha per square kilometre 0.0031 ha per square kilometre Spain
1990s 0.0037 ha per square kilometre 0.0031 ha per square kilometre 0.0006 ha per square kilometre New Zealand
2000s 0.0045 ha per square kilometre 0.0026 ha per square kilometre 0.0018 ha per square kilometre New Zealand
2010s 0.0048 ha per square kilometre 0.0029 ha per square kilometre 0.0018 ha per square kilometre New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre, New Zealand or Spain?
New Zealand, at 0.0046 ha per square kilometre against 0.0043 ha per square kilometre in Spain as of 2023.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre between New Zealand and Spain?
0.0003 ha per square kilometre, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Spain?
57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do New Zealand and Spain rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
New Zealand ranks 76th and Spain ranks 77th 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.