Eastern Africa vs Melanesia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Melanesia
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 1.56 million ha against 153,788 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 1.41 million ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 10.2 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Africa has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 7th and Melanesia ranks 6th of 26 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 422,862 ha | 80,704 ha | 342,158 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 875,956 ha | 94,292 ha | 781,665 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 943,362 ha | 102,893 ha | 840,469 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 1.21 million ha | 106,807 ha | 1.10 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 1.63 million ha | 116,477 ha | 1.51 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 1.88 million ha | 141,001 ha | 1.74 million ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 1.64 million ha | 153,421 ha | 1.48 million ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Melanesia?
- Eastern Africa, at 1.56 million ha against 153,788 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Melanesia?
- 1.41 million ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Melanesia rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 7th and Melanesia ranks 6th 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.