Bangladesh vs Republic of Korea: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Bangladesh
- Republic of Korea
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 27,953 ha against 20,358 ha in Republic of Korea, a difference of 7,595 ha.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.4 times Republic of Korea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Republic of Korea ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 30th and Republic of Korea ranks 32nd of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 5 and Republic of Korea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Republic of Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,619 ha | 118,918 ha | 69,299 ha | Republic of Korea |
| 1970s | 69,042 ha | 91,342 ha | 22,300 ha | Republic of Korea |
| 1980s | 60,995 ha | 36,554 ha | 24,441 ha | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 45,804 ha | 16,295 ha | 29,510 ha | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 35,689 ha | 16,963 ha | 18,725 ha | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 26,189 ha | 21,004 ha | 5,185 ha | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 27,381 ha | 21,133 ha | 6,248 ha | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Bangladesh or Republic of Korea?
- Bangladesh, at 27,953 ha against 20,358 ha in Republic of Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Bangladesh and Republic of Korea?
- 7,595 ha, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Republic of Korea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Republic of Korea rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Bangladesh ranks 30th and Republic of Korea ranks 32nd 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.