Madagascar vs Small island developing States (SIDS): Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Madagascar
- Small island developing States (SIDS)
How they compare
Small island developing States (SIDS) currently reports 266,511 ha against 150,429 ha in Madagascar, a difference of 116,082 ha.
That makes Small island developing States (SIDS)'s figure about 1.8 times Madagascar's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Small island developing States (SIDS) has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 8th and Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 5th of 113 countries.
Small island developing States (SIDS) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Small island developing States (SIDS) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,347 ha | 207,105 ha | 150,758 ha | Small island developing States (SIDS) |
| 1970s | 65,890 ha | 242,978 ha | 177,087 ha | Small island developing States (SIDS) |
| 1980s | 90,036 ha | 241,658 ha | 151,621 ha | Small island developing States (SIDS) |
| 1990s | 91,423 ha | 252,076 ha | 160,654 ha | Small island developing States (SIDS) |
| 2000s | 111,106 ha | 264,705 ha | 153,598 ha | Small island developing States (SIDS) |
| 2010s | 138,324 ha | 281,920 ha | 143,595 ha | Small island developing States (SIDS) |
| 2020s | 151,473 ha | 252,944 ha | 101,471 ha | Small island developing States (SIDS) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Madagascar or Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Small island developing States (SIDS), at 266,511 ha against 150,429 ha in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Madagascar and Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- 116,082 ha, with Small island developing States (SIDS) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Small island developing States (SIDS) rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 8th and Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 5th 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.