Japan vs Western Asia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Western Asia
How they compare
Japan currently reports 31,800 ha against 1,185 ha in Western Asia, a difference of 30,615 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 26.8 times Western Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 26th and Western Asia ranks 24th of 113 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 262,433 ha | 17.33 ha | 262,416 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 80,960 ha | 21.3 ha | 80,939 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 64,470 ha | 73.3 ha | 64,397 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 51,170 ha | 692.3 ha | 50,478 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 40,970 ha | 2,822 ha | 38,148 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 37,220 ha | 2,590 ha | 34,630 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 32,320 ha | 2,044 ha | 30,276 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Japan or Western Asia?
- Japan, at 31,800 ha against 1,185 ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Japan and Western Asia?
- 30,615 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Western Asia rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 26th and Western Asia ranks 24th 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.