Indonesia vs Philippines: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Indonesia
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 80,901 ha against 68,630 ha in Indonesia, a difference of 12,271 ha.
That makes Philippines's figure about 1.2 times Indonesia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Indonesia ahead.
Indonesia ranks 17th and Philippines ranks 14th of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Indonesia averaged higher in 6 and Philippines in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Indonesia | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 440,590 ha | 142,668 ha | 297,922 ha | Indonesia |
| 1970s | 328,684 ha | 181,931 ha | 146,753 ha | Indonesia |
| 1980s | 254,086 ha | 162,647 ha | 91,438 ha | Indonesia |
| 1990s | 205,023 ha | 139,710 ha | 65,313 ha | Indonesia |
| 2000s | 182,377 ha | 120,547 ha | 61,830 ha | Indonesia |
| 2010s | 139,409 ha | 92,099 ha | 47,309 ha | Indonesia |
| 2020s | 74,949 ha | 84,302 ha | 9,353 ha | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Indonesia or Philippines?
- Philippines, at 80,901 ha against 68,630 ha in Indonesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Indonesia and Philippines?
- 12,271 ha, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Philippines?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Indonesia and Philippines rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Indonesia ranks 17th and Philippines ranks 14th 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.