Nigeria vs Rwanda: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Nigeria
1.66 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Rwanda
7.22 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria rank
4th
Rwanda rank
1st
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 7.22 ha per square kilometre against 1.66 ha per square kilometre in Nigeria, a difference of 5.56 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 4.4 times Nigeria's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Rwanda has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 4th and Rwanda ranks 1st of 99 countries.
Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0155 ha per square kilometre | 2.47 ha per square kilometre | 2.46 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 0.0126 ha per square kilometre | 3.38 ha per square kilometre | 3.36 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 0.0155 ha per square kilometre | 5.19 ha per square kilometre | 5.18 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 0.2504 ha per square kilometre | 6.7 ha per square kilometre | 6.45 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 1.07 ha per square kilometre | 6.4 ha per square kilometre | 5.33 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 1.58 ha per square kilometre | 5.66 ha per square kilometre | 4.08 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 1.66 ha per square kilometre | 7.49 ha per square kilometre | 5.84 ha per square kilometre | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre, Nigeria or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 7.22 ha per square kilometre against 1.66 ha per square kilometre in Nigeria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre between Nigeria and Rwanda?
- 5.56 ha per square kilometre, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Rwanda?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Nigeria and Rwanda rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Nigeria ranks 4th and Rwanda 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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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.