Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre

Sri Lanka
0.0723 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Zimbabwe
0.068 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka rank
39th
Zimbabwe rank
40th

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time

  • Sri Lanka
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.0723 ha per square kilometre against 0.068 ha per square kilometre in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.0043 ha per square kilometre.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 39th and Zimbabwe ranks 40th of 99 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 6 and Zimbabwe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1960s 0.2458 ha per square kilometre 0.0003 ha per square kilometre 0.2455 ha per square kilometre Sri Lanka
1970s 0.4331 ha per square kilometre 0.0014 ha per square kilometre 0.4317 ha per square kilometre Sri Lanka
1980s 0.229 ha per square kilometre 0.0012 ha per square kilometre 0.2278 ha per square kilometre Sri Lanka
1990s 0.1507 ha per square kilometre 0.0036 ha per square kilometre 0.1471 ha per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2000s 0.1117 ha per square kilometre 0.0378 ha per square kilometre 0.074 ha per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2010s 0.0785 ha per square kilometre 0.0678 ha per square kilometre 0.0107 ha per square kilometre Sri Lanka
2020s 0.0673 ha per square kilometre 0.0762 ha per square kilometre 0.0089 ha per square kilometre Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre, Sri Lanka or Zimbabwe?
Sri Lanka, at 0.0723 ha per square kilometre against 0.068 ha per square kilometre in Zimbabwe as of 2023.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe?
0.0043 ha per square kilometre, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
Sri Lanka ranks 39th and Zimbabwe ranks 40th 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.