Ethiopia vs Southern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Ethiopia
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 41,686 ha against 28,827 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 12,859 ha.
That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.4 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 21st and Southern Africa ranks 19th of 113 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22,186 ha | 17,355 ha | 4,832 ha | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 44,080 ha | 17,409 ha | 26,671 ha | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 58,867 ha | 24,932 ha | 33,934 ha | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 58,774 ha | 31,937 ha | 26,837 ha | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Ethiopia or Southern Africa?
- Ethiopia, at 41,686 ha against 28,827 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Ethiopia and Southern Africa?
- 12,859 ha, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Southern Africa?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Southern Africa rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 21st and Southern Africa ranks 19th of 113 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.