Malaysia vs Mexico: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Malaysia
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 3,287 ha against 3,099 ha in Malaysia, a difference of 188 ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.
Malaysia ranks 55th and Mexico ranks 53rd of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 1 and Mexico in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,450 ha | 15,950 ha | 7,500 ha | Mexico |
| 1970s | 4,088 ha | 8,763 ha | 4,675 ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 2,730 ha | 2,745 ha | 14.8 ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 3,257 ha | 1,989 ha | 1,268 ha | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 1,843 ha | 2,781 ha | 938.1 ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 2,704 ha | 2,890 ha | 186.3 ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 2,745 ha | 3,576 ha | 830.6 ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Malaysia or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 3,287 ha against 3,099 ha in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Malaysia and Mexico?
- 188 ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Mexico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malaysia and Mexico rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Malaysia ranks 55th and Mexico ranks 53rd 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.