Burkina Faso vs Egypt: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Burkina Faso
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 11,989 ha against 10,122 ha in Burkina Faso, a difference of 1,867 ha.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.2 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 40th and Egypt ranks 38th of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Egypt in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,881 ha | 4,065 ha | 10,815 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 7,650 ha | 3,578 ha | 4,072 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 3,732 ha | 3,886 ha | 153.5 ha | Egypt |
| 1990s | 2,625 ha | 6,516 ha | 3,891 ha | Egypt |
| 2000s | 5,624 ha | 13,337 ha | 7,713 ha | Egypt |
| 2010s | 7,415 ha | 11,670 ha | 4,255 ha | Egypt |
| 2020s | 10,328 ha | 12,934 ha | 2,606 ha | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Burkina Faso or Egypt?
- Egypt, at 11,989 ha against 10,122 ha in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Burkina Faso and Egypt?
- 1,867 ha, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Egypt?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Egypt rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Burkina Faso ranks 40th and Egypt ranks 38th 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.