Middle Africa vs Uganda: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Middle Africa
- Uganda
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 479,881 ha against 221,783 ha in Uganda, a difference of 258,098 ha.
That makes Middle Africa's figure about 2.2 times Uganda's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uganda ahead.
Middle Africa ranks 3rd and Uganda ranks 5th of 16 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Middle Africa averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle Africa | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 119,060 ha | 162,111 ha | 43,052 ha | Uganda |
| 1970s | 131,295 ha | 466,370 ha | 335,075 ha | Uganda |
| 1980s | 135,704 ha | 378,272 ha | 242,568 ha | Uganda |
| 1990s | 153,764 ha | 483,506 ha | 329,742 ha | Uganda |
| 2000s | 231,486 ha | 555,500 ha | 324,014 ha | Uganda |
| 2010s | 374,410 ha | 417,403 ha | 42,994 ha | Uganda |
| 2020s | 450,118 ha | 258,357 ha | 191,761 ha | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Middle Africa or Uganda?
- Middle Africa, at 479,881 ha against 221,783 ha in Uganda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Middle Africa and Uganda?
- 258,098 ha, with Middle Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Middle Africa and Uganda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Middle Africa and Uganda rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd and Uganda ranks 5th of 16 regions.
- 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.