Jamaica vs Malaysia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Jamaica
- Malaysia
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 3,214 ha against 3,099 ha in Malaysia, a difference of 115 ha.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malaysia ahead.
Jamaica ranks 54th and Malaysia ranks 55th of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 1 and Malaysia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,658 ha | 8,450 ha | 6,791 ha | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 2,517 ha | 4,088 ha | 1,571 ha | Malaysia |
| 1980s | 2,379 ha | 2,730 ha | 350.8 ha | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 1,773 ha | 3,257 ha | 1,484 ha | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 1,490 ha | 1,843 ha | 353.1 ha | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 2,438 ha | 2,704 ha | 265.7 ha | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 3,201 ha | 2,745 ha | 455.8 ha | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Jamaica or Malaysia?
- Jamaica, at 3,214 ha against 3,099 ha in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Jamaica and Malaysia?
- 115 ha, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Malaysia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and Malaysia rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 54th and Malaysia ranks 55th 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.