Costa Rica vs Guatemala: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Costa Rica
- Guatemala
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 716 ha against 592 ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 124 ha.
That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 76th and Guatemala ranks 74th of 113 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Guatemala in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Guatemala | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40 ha | 15.33 ha | 24.67 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 127.5 ha | 26 ha | 101.5 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 169.3 ha | 115.3 ha | 54 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 556.6 ha | 666.6 ha | 110 ha | Guatemala |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Costa Rica or Guatemala?
- Guatemala, at 716 ha against 592 ha in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Costa Rica and Guatemala?
- 124 ha, with Guatemala ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Guatemala?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Guatemala rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 76th and Guatemala ranks 74th 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.