Brazil vs Northern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 65,178 ha against 52,508 ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 12,670 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.2 times Northern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 19th and Northern Africa ranks 17th of 113 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 165,460 ha | 4,584 ha | 160,877 ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 144,320 ha | 5,086 ha | 139,234 ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 77,702 ha | 5,475 ha | 72,227 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 53,272 ha | 9,162 ha | 44,110 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 44,504 ha | 21,998 ha | 22,506 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 45,945 ha | 29,393 ha | 16,552 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 60,360 ha | 46,389 ha | 13,971 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Brazil or Northern Africa?
- Brazil, at 65,178 ha against 52,508 ha in Northern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Brazil and Northern Africa?
- 12,670 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Northern Africa rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 19th and Northern Africa ranks 17th 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.