Australia vs Ecuador: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Ecuador
How they compare
Australia currently reports 2,134 ha against 2,096 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 38 ha.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Australia ranks 61st and Ecuador ranks 62nd of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and Ecuador in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 212 ha | 3,624 ha | 3,412 ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 261.7 ha | 2,107 ha | 1,845 ha | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 346.2 ha | 1,041 ha | 694.7 ha | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 531 ha | 393.8 ha | 137.2 ha | Australia |
| 2000s | 1,239 ha | 1,483 ha | 243.5 ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 2,040 ha | 2,000 ha | 40.5 ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 2,335 ha | 2,096 ha | 238.8 ha | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Australia or Ecuador?
- Australia, at 2,134 ha against 2,096 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Australia and Ecuador?
- 38 ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Ecuador?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Ecuador rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 61st and Ecuador ranks 62nd 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.