Caribbean vs Oceania: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Oceania
How they compare
Oceania currently reports 158,426 ha against 98,853 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 59,573 ha.
That makes Oceania's figure about 1.6 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 14th and Oceania ranks 11th of 26 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 5 and Oceania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Oceania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 117,239 ha | 82,517 ha | 34,722 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 140,926 ha | 96,433 ha | 44,493 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 131,337 ha | 104,537 ha | 26,800 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 137,321 ha | 109,047 ha | 28,274 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 137,598 ha | 120,013 ha | 17,585 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 132,695 ha | 145,490 ha | 12,795 ha | Oceania |
| 2020s | 85,273 ha | 158,254 ha | 72,981 ha | Oceania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Caribbean or Oceania?
- Oceania, at 158,426 ha against 98,853 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Caribbean and Oceania?
- 59,573 ha, with Oceania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Oceania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Oceania rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th and Oceania ranks 11th of 26 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.