Democratic Republic of the Congo vs Melanesia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Melanesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 153,788 ha against 124,893 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 28,895 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.2 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 7th and Melanesia ranks 6th of 16 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47,544 ha | 80,704 ha | 33,159 ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 58,640 ha | 94,292 ha | 35,652 ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 73,364 ha | 102,893 ha | 29,529 ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 78,048 ha | 106,807 ha | 28,759 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 46,212 ha | 116,477 ha | 70,265 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 95,866 ha | 141,001 ha | 45,135 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 117,963 ha | 153,421 ha | 35,459 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Melanesia?
- Melanesia, at 153,788 ha against 124,893 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Melanesia?
- 28,895 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and Melanesia rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 7th and Melanesia ranks 6th 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.