Democratic People's Republic of Korea vs Eastern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 1.56 million ha against 42,159 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a difference of 1.52 million ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 37.1 times Democratic People's Republic of Korea's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th and Eastern Africa ranks 7th of 16 countries.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,278 ha | 422,862 ha | 413,584 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 11,750 ha | 875,956 ha | 864,206 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 15,750 ha | 943,362 ha | 927,612 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 19,953 ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.19 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 26,801 ha | 1.63 million ha | 1.60 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 35,961 ha | 1.88 million ha | 1.84 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 42,007 ha | 1.64 million ha | 1.59 million ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Democratic People's Republic of Korea or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 1.56 million ha against 42,159 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Eastern Africa?
- 1.52 million ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Eastern Africa rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th and Eastern Africa ranks 7th of 16 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.