Nigeria vs World: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Nigeria
1.66 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
World
0.0553 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria rank
4th
World rank
1st
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time
- Nigeria
- World
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 1.66 ha per square kilometre against 0.0553 ha per square kilometre in World, a difference of 1.6 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 30.0 times World's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was World ahead.
Nigeria ranks 4th and World ranks 1st of 99 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 4 and World in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0155 ha per square kilometre | 0.1175 ha per square kilometre | 0.102 ha per square kilometre | World |
| 1970s | 0.0126 ha per square kilometre | 0.1151 ha per square kilometre | 0.1025 ha per square kilometre | World |
| 1980s | 0.0155 ha per square kilometre | 0.0913 ha per square kilometre | 0.0758 ha per square kilometre | World |
| 1990s | 0.2504 ha per square kilometre | 0.0759 ha per square kilometre | 0.1745 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 1.07 ha per square kilometre | 0.0695 ha per square kilometre | 0.9978 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 1.58 ha per square kilometre | 0.0595 ha per square kilometre | 1.52 ha per square kilometre | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 1.66 ha per square kilometre | 0.0557 ha per square kilometre | 1.6 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 World?
- Nigeria, at 1.66 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 Nigeria and World?
- 1.6 ha per square kilometre, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and World?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Nigeria and World rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Nigeria ranks 4th 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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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.