Bahamas vs Costa Rica: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Bahamas
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 592 ha against 538 ha in Bahamas, a difference of 54 ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Bahamas's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Bahamas ahead.
Bahamas ranks 77th and Costa Rica ranks 76th of 113 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 3 and Costa Rica in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 96.33 ha | 40 ha | 56.33 ha | Bahamas |
| 2000s | 288 ha | 127.5 ha | 160.5 ha | Bahamas |
| 2010s | 487.4 ha | 169.3 ha | 318.1 ha | Bahamas |
| 2020s | 539.4 ha | 556.6 ha | 17.2 ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Bahamas or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 592 ha against 538 ha in Bahamas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Bahamas and Costa Rica?
- 54 ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Costa Rica?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2024.
- How do Bahamas and Costa Rica rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Bahamas ranks 77th and Costa Rica ranks 76th 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.