Bolivia (Plurinational State of) vs South America: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 111,086 ha against 1,092 ha in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), a difference of 109,994 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 101.7 times Bolivia (Plurinational State of)'s.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) ranks 13th and South America ranks 13th of 16 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,111 ha | 247,390 ha | 246,279 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 2,331 ha | 229,428 ha | 227,097 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 1,996 ha | 152,433 ha | 150,437 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 2,911 ha | 109,070 ha | 106,159 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 2,023 ha | 102,737 ha | 100,714 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 1,210 ha | 94,151 ha | 92,941 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 1,107 ha | 106,509 ha | 105,402 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Bolivia (Plurinational State of) or South America?
- South America, at 111,086 ha against 1,092 ha in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Bolivia (Plurinational State of) and South America?
- 109,994 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia (Plurinational State of) and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Bolivia (Plurinational State of) and South America rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) ranks 13th and South America ranks 13th of 16 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.