Guinea vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested

Guinea
83,476 ha
in 2024
Lao People's Democratic Republic
7,946 ha
in 2024
Guinea rank
13th
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
10th

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time

  • Guinea
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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How they compare

Guinea currently reports 83,476 ha against 7,946 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 75,530 ha.

That makes Guinea's figure about 10.5 times Lao People's Democratic Republic's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 13th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 10th of 113 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 6 and Lao People's Democratic Republic in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea Lao People's Democratic Republic Difference Ahead
1960s 10,000 ha 2,300 ha 7,700 ha Guinea
1970s 9,511 ha 5,264 ha 4,247 ha Guinea
1980s 14,381 ha 14,694 ha 312.8 ha Lao People's Democratic Republic
1990s 32,536 ha 17,808 ha 14,728 ha Guinea
2000s 48,082 ha 15,292 ha 32,790 ha Guinea
2010s 49,446 ha 6,504 ha 42,942 ha Guinea
2020s 71,895 ha 6,849 ha 65,046 ha Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Guinea or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Guinea, at 83,476 ha against 7,946 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Guinea and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
75,530 ha, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Guinea and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
Guinea ranks 13th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 10th 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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Indicator
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
155 places, 8,909 data points, 1961–2024
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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.