India vs South America: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- India
- South America
How they compare
India currently reports 111,866 ha against 111,086 ha in South America, a difference of 780 ha.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
India ranks 10th and South America ranks 13th of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 5 and South America in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 174,283 ha | 247,390 ha | 73,107 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 220,490 ha | 229,428 ha | 8,938 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 193,770 ha | 152,433 ha | 41,337 ha | India |
| 1990s | 140,200 ha | 109,070 ha | 31,130 ha | India |
| 2000s | 125,100 ha | 102,737 ha | 22,363 ha | India |
| 2010s | 116,217 ha | 94,151 ha | 22,066 ha | India |
| 2020s | 108,573 ha | 106,509 ha | 2,064 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, India or South America?
- India, at 111,866 ha against 111,086 ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between India and South America?
- 780 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and South America rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- India ranks 10th and South America ranks 13th 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.