Nigeria vs Uganda: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre

Nigeria
1.66 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Uganda
1.25 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria rank
4th
Uganda rank
6th

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time

  • Nigeria
  • Uganda
0123196119922023

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 1.66 ha per square kilometre against 1.25 ha per square kilometre in Uganda, a difference of 0.41 ha per square kilometre.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uganda ahead.

Nigeria ranks 4th and Uganda ranks 6th of 99 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Uganda Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0155 ha per square kilometre 0.8113 ha per square kilometre 0.7958 ha per square kilometre Uganda
1970s 0.0126 ha per square kilometre 2.33 ha per square kilometre 2.32 ha per square kilometre Uganda
1980s 0.0155 ha per square kilometre 1.89 ha per square kilometre 1.88 ha per square kilometre Uganda
1990s 0.2504 ha per square kilometre 2.42 ha per square kilometre 2.17 ha per square kilometre Uganda
2000s 1.07 ha per square kilometre 2.78 ha per square kilometre 1.71 ha per square kilometre Uganda
2010s 1.58 ha per square kilometre 2.08 ha per square kilometre 0.4985 ha per square kilometre Uganda
2020s 1.66 ha per square kilometre 1.33 ha per square kilometre 0.324 ha per square kilometre Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre, Nigeria or Uganda?
Nigeria, at 1.66 ha per square kilometre against 1.25 ha per square kilometre in Uganda as of 2023.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre between Nigeria and Uganda?
0.41 ha per square kilometre, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Uganda?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and Uganda rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
Nigeria ranks 4th and Uganda ranks 6th 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.