Guinea vs Northern America: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Guinea
- Northern America
How they compare
Guinea currently reports 83,476 ha against 59,975 ha in Northern America, a difference of 23,501 ha.
That makes Guinea's figure about 1.4 times Northern America's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern America ahead.
Guinea ranks 13th and Northern America ranks 15th of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Northern America in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 ha | 64,841 ha | 54,841 ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 9,511 ha | 46,371 ha | 36,860 ha | Northern America |
| 1980s | 14,381 ha | 40,000 ha | 25,618 ha | Northern America |
| 1990s | 32,536 ha | 33,507 ha | 970.5 ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 48,082 ha | 37,369 ha | 10,713 ha | Guinea |
| 2010s | 49,446 ha | 56,187 ha | 6,741 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 71,895 ha | 58,801 ha | 13,093 ha | Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Guinea or Northern America?
- Guinea, at 83,476 ha against 59,975 ha in Northern America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Guinea and Northern America?
- 23,501 ha, with Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Guinea and Northern America rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 13th and Northern America ranks 15th 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.