India vs Viet Nam: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- India
- Viet Nam
How they compare
India currently reports 111,866 ha against 80,807 ha in Viet Nam, a difference of 31,059 ha.
That makes India's figure about 1.4 times Viet Nam's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Viet Nam ahead.
India ranks 10th and Viet Nam ranks 8th of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 1 and Viet Nam in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 174,283 ha | 230,067 ha | 55,784 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1970s | 220,490 ha | 266,930 ha | 46,440 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1980s | 193,770 ha | 362,661 ha | 168,891 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 140,200 ha | 321,084 ha | 180,884 ha | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 125,100 ha | 200,920 ha | 75,820 ha | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 116,217 ha | 130,974 ha | 14,757 ha | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 108,573 ha | 90,707 ha | 17,866 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, India or Viet Nam?
- India, at 111,866 ha against 80,807 ha in Viet Nam as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between India and Viet Nam?
- 31,059 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Viet Nam?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do India and Viet Nam rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- India ranks 10th and Viet Nam ranks 8th 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.