Micronesia vs Tonga: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Micronesia
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 671 ha against 571 ha in Micronesia, a difference of 100 ha.
That makes Tonga's figure about 1.2 times Micronesia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Micronesia ahead.
Micronesia ranks 88th and Tonga ranks 86th of 126 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Micronesia averaged higher in 1 and Tonga in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Micronesia | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 524.8 ha | 409 ha | 115.8 ha | Micronesia |
| 2000s | 537.3 ha | 540.9 ha | 3.6 ha | Tonga |
| 2010s | 556.6 ha | 620.1 ha | 63.5 ha | Tonga |
| 2020s | 568.8 ha | 667 ha | 98.2 ha | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Micronesia or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 671 ha against 571 ha in Micronesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Micronesia and Tonga?
- 100 ha, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Micronesia and Tonga?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2024.
- How do Micronesia and Tonga rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Micronesia ranks 88th and Tonga ranks 86th of 126 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.