Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Papua New Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 142,854 ha against 7,946 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 134,908 ha.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 18.0 times Lao People's Democratic Republic's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 10th and Papua New Guinea ranks 9th of 16 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,300 ha | 75,634 ha | 73,334 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 5,264 ha | 89,200 ha | 83,936 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 14,694 ha | 97,700 ha | 83,006 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 17,808 ha | 101,123 ha | 83,314 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 15,292 ha | 108,813 ha | 93,521 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 6,504 ha | 132,543 ha | 126,039 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 6,849 ha | 143,134 ha | 136,285 ha | Papua New Guinea |
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 Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 142,854 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 Papua New Guinea?
- 134,908 ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Papua New Guinea rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 10th and Papua New Guinea ranks 9th 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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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.