Eastern Asia vs Nigeria: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Asia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 2.42 million ha against 1.51 million ha in Nigeria, a difference of 906,010 ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 1.6 times Nigeria's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Eastern Asia ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 3rd of 26 groups.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.98 million ha | 14,111 ha | 9.96 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 9.24 million ha | 11,500 ha | 9.23 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 6.82 million ha | 14,100 ha | 6.81 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 6.20 million ha | 228,020 ha | 5.97 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 4.65 million ha | 972,000 ha | 3.67 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 2.72 million ha | 1.44 million ha | 1.28 million ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 2.42 million ha | 1.51 million ha | 908,136 ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Eastern Asia or Nigeria?
- Eastern Asia, at 2.42 million ha against 1.51 million ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Eastern Asia and Nigeria?
- 906,010 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and Nigeria rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 3rd 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.