Caribbean vs Polynesia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Polynesia
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 98,853 ha against 719 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 98,134 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 137.5 times Polynesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 14th and Polynesia ranks 14th of 26 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 117,239 ha | 1,290 ha | 115,949 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 140,926 ha | 1,297 ha | 139,629 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 131,337 ha | 737.7 ha | 130,599 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 137,321 ha | 475.1 ha | 136,846 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 137,598 ha | 580.1 ha | 137,018 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 132,695 ha | 652.3 ha | 132,043 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 85,273 ha | 715.6 ha | 84,557 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Caribbean or Polynesia?
- Caribbean, at 98,853 ha against 719 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Caribbean and Polynesia?
- 98,134 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Polynesia rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th and Polynesia ranks 14th 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.