Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Rwanda: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 179,717 ha against 7,946 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 171,771 ha.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 22.6 times Lao People's Democratic Republic's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Rwanda has been ahead every year.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 10th and Rwanda ranks 7th of 16 countries.
Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,300 ha | 61,014 ha | 58,714 ha | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 5,264 ha | 83,309 ha | 78,046 ha | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 14,694 ha | 128,100 ha | 113,406 ha | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 17,808 ha | 165,203 ha | 147,394 ha | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 15,292 ha | 157,788 ha | 142,496 ha | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 6,504 ha | 139,682 ha | 133,178 ha | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 6,849 ha | 183,859 ha | 177,010 ha | Rwanda |
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 Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 179,717 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 Rwanda?
- 171,771 ha, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Rwanda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Rwanda rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 10th and Rwanda ranks 7th 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.