Cambodia vs Sri Lanka: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Cambodia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Cambodia currently reports 5,695 ha against 4,479 ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 1,216 ha.
That makes Cambodia's figure about 1.3 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Cambodia ranks 48th and Sri Lanka ranks 51st of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cambodia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,389 ha | 15,414 ha | 13,025 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 3,210 ha | 27,158 ha | 23,948 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 7,000 ha | 14,361 ha | 7,361 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 9,203 ha | 9,449 ha | 246.7 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 8,288 ha | 7,007 ha | 1,281 ha | Cambodia |
| 2010s | 6,935 ha | 4,896 ha | 2,040 ha | Cambodia |
| 2020s | 5,743 ha | 4,228 ha | 1,514 ha | Cambodia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Cambodia or Sri Lanka?
- Cambodia, at 5,695 ha against 4,479 ha in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Cambodia and Sri Lanka?
- 1,216 ha, with Cambodia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cambodia and Sri Lanka rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Cambodia ranks 48th and Sri Lanka ranks 51st 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.