Europe vs Japan: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Europe
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 31,800 ha against 3,577 ha in Europe, a difference of 28,223 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 8.9 times Europe's.
Across all 57 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Europe ranks 21st and Japan ranks 26th of 26 groups.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,740 ha | 262,433 ha | 246,693 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 13,465 ha | 80,960 ha | 67,495 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 8,873 ha | 64,470 ha | 55,597 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 5,148 ha | 51,170 ha | 46,022 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 5,559 ha | 40,970 ha | 35,411 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 3,021 ha | 37,775 ha | 34,754 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Europe or Japan?
- Japan, at 31,800 ha against 3,577 ha in Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Europe and Japan?
- 28,223 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Japan?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Europe and Japan rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 21st and Japan ranks 26th 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.