Micronesia vs South America: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Micronesia
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 111,086 ha against 571 ha in Micronesia, a difference of 110,515 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 194.5 times Micronesia's.
Across all 30 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Micronesia ranks 15th and South America ranks 13th of 16 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Micronesia | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 524.8 ha | 101,669 ha | 101,144 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 537.3 ha | 102,737 ha | 102,200 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 556.6 ha | 94,151 ha | 93,595 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 568.8 ha | 106,509 ha | 105,940 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Micronesia or South America?
- South America, at 111,086 ha against 571 ha in Micronesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Micronesia and South America?
- 110,515 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Micronesia and South America?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2024.
- How do Micronesia and South America rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Micronesia ranks 15th and South America ranks 13th 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.