Central America vs Haiti: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- Haiti
How they compare
Haiti currently reports 47,913 ha against 9,515 ha in Central America, a difference of 38,398 ha.
That makes Haiti's figure about 5.0 times Central America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Haiti has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 20th and Haiti ranks 20th of 26 groups.
Haiti has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Haiti | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,332 ha | 42,167 ha | 25,835 ha | Haiti |
| 1970s | 9,171 ha | 55,803 ha | 46,632 ha | Haiti |
| 1980s | 3,288 ha | 70,900 ha | 67,612 ha | Haiti |
| 1990s | 2,284 ha | 60,371 ha | 58,087 ha | Haiti |
| 2000s | 3,630 ha | 63,338 ha | 59,707 ha | Haiti |
| 2010s | 5,531 ha | 69,187 ha | 63,656 ha | Haiti |
| 2020s | 9,203 ha | 36,764 ha | 27,561 ha | Haiti |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Central America or Haiti?
- Haiti, at 47,913 ha against 9,515 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Central America and Haiti?
- 38,398 ha, with Haiti ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Haiti?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Haiti rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 20th and Haiti ranks 20th of 26 groups.
- 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.