Australia and New Zealand vs Jamaica: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Australia and New Zealand
- Jamaica
How they compare
Australia and New Zealand currently reports 3,347 ha against 3,214 ha in Jamaica, a difference of 133 ha.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jamaica ahead.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 52nd and Jamaica ranks 54th of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia and New Zealand averaged higher in 3 and Jamaica in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia and New Zealand | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 523.56 ha | 1,658 ha | 1,135 ha | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 845.1 ha | 2,517 ha | 1,672 ha | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 906 ha | 2,379 ha | 1,473 ha | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 1,502 ha | 1,773 ha | 271 ha | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 2,418 ha | 1,490 ha | 928.4 ha | Australia and New Zealand |
| 2010s | 3,280 ha | 2,438 ha | 841.6 ha | Australia and New Zealand |
| 2020s | 3,548 ha | 3,201 ha | 347 ha | Australia and New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Australia and New Zealand or Jamaica?
- Australia and New Zealand, at 3,347 ha against 3,214 ha in Jamaica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Australia and New Zealand and Jamaica?
- 133 ha, with Australia and New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Jamaica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and New Zealand and Jamaica rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 52nd and Jamaica ranks 54th of 113 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.