Democratic People's Republic of Korea vs Viet Nam: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Viet Nam currently reports 80,807 ha against 42,159 ha in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a difference of 38,648 ha.
That makes Viet Nam's figure about 1.9 times Democratic People's Republic of Korea's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Viet Nam has been ahead every year.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th and Viet Nam ranks 8th of 16 countries.
Viet Nam has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,278 ha | 230,067 ha | 220,789 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1970s | 11,750 ha | 266,930 ha | 255,180 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1980s | 15,750 ha | 362,661 ha | 346,911 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 19,953 ha | 321,084 ha | 301,131 ha | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 26,801 ha | 200,920 ha | 174,119 ha | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 35,961 ha | 130,974 ha | 95,014 ha | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 42,007 ha | 90,707 ha | 48,700 ha | Viet Nam |
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 Viet Nam?
- Viet Nam, at 80,807 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 Viet Nam?
- 38,648 ha, with Viet Nam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Viet Nam?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Viet Nam rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th and Viet Nam ranks 8th 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.