Australia and New Zealand vs Paraguay: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Australia and New Zealand
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 5,602 ha against 3,347 ha in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 2,255 ha.
That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.7 times Australia and New Zealand's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Paraguay has been ahead every year.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 52nd and Paraguay ranks 49th of 113 countries.
Paraguay has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia and New Zealand | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 523.56 ha | 8,503 ha | 7,980 ha | Paraguay |
| 1970s | 845.1 ha | 12,432 ha | 11,587 ha | Paraguay |
| 1980s | 906 ha | 12,691 ha | 11,785 ha | Paraguay |
| 1990s | 1,502 ha | 10,746 ha | 9,244 ha | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 2,418 ha | 15,129 ha | 12,711 ha | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 3,280 ha | 5,090 ha | 1,810 ha | Paraguay |
| 2020s | 3,548 ha | 5,399 ha | 1,851 ha | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Australia and New Zealand or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 5,602 ha against 3,347 ha in Australia and New Zealand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Australia and New Zealand and Paraguay?
- 2,255 ha, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Paraguay?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and New Zealand and Paraguay rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 52nd and Paraguay ranks 49th 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.