Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Mozambique: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested

Lao People's Democratic Republic
7,946 ha
in 2024
Mozambique
100,470 ha
in 2024
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
10th
Mozambique rank
11th

Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time

  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Mozambique
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How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 100,470 ha against 7,946 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 92,524 ha.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 12.6 times Lao People's Democratic Republic's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mozambique ahead.

Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 10th and Mozambique ranks 11th of 16 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Lao People's Democratic Republic averaged higher in 2 and Mozambique in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lao People's Democratic Republic Mozambique Difference Ahead
1960s 2,300 ha 6,089 ha 3,789 ha Mozambique
1970s 5,264 ha 8,380 ha 3,116 ha Mozambique
1980s 14,694 ha 8,500 ha 6,194 ha Lao People's Democratic Republic
1990s 17,808 ha 14,111 ha 3,697 ha Lao People's Democratic Republic
2000s 15,292 ha 91,530 ha 76,238 ha Mozambique
2010s 6,504 ha 82,372 ha 75,868 ha Mozambique
2020s 6,849 ha 84,659 ha 77,810 ha Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Mozambique?
Mozambique, at 100,470 ha against 7,946 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Mozambique?
92,524 ha, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Mozambique?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Mozambique rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 10th and Mozambique ranks 11th of 16 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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Indicator
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
155 places, 8,909 data points, 1961–2024
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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.