Benin vs Equatorial Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested

Benin
12,318 ha
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
19,150 ha
in 2024
Benin rank
37th
Equatorial Guinea rank
34th

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time

  • Benin
  • Equatorial Guinea
010.0k20.0k30.0k196119922024

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 19,150 ha against 12,318 ha in Benin, a difference of 6,832 ha.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.6 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 37th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 34th of 113 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 3 and Equatorial Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Equatorial Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 13,116 ha 6,111 ha 7,005 ha Benin
1970s 14,782 ha 6,150 ha 8,632 ha Benin
1980s 7,426 ha 6,800 ha 625.6 ha Benin
1990s 8,708 ha 12,440 ha 3,732 ha Equatorial Guinea
2000s 14,550 ha 15,126 ha 576.2 ha Equatorial Guinea
2010s 10,884 ha 18,361 ha 7,477 ha Equatorial Guinea
2020s 10,602 ha 18,892 ha 8,290 ha Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Benin or Equatorial Guinea?
Equatorial Guinea, at 19,150 ha against 12,318 ha in Benin as of 2024.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Benin and Equatorial Guinea?
6,832 ha, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Equatorial Guinea?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Benin and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
Benin ranks 37th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 34th 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

Indicator
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
155 places, 8,909 data points, 1961–2024
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