New Zealand vs Portugal: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- New Zealand
- Portugal
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 1,213 ha against 954 ha in Portugal, a difference of 259 ha.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.3 times Portugal's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.
New Zealand ranks 69th and Portugal ranks 72nd of 113 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 311.56 ha | 8,089 ha | 7,777 ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 583.4 ha | 8,600 ha | 8,017 ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 559.8 ha | 5,340 ha | 4,780 ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 971.1 ha | 2,757 ha | 1,786 ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 1,179 ha | 2,912 ha | 1,733 ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 1,252 ha | 1,026 ha | 225.88 ha | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, New Zealand or Portugal?
- New Zealand, at 1,213 ha against 954 ha in Portugal as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between New Zealand and Portugal?
- 259 ha, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Portugal?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do New Zealand and Portugal rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 69th and Portugal ranks 72nd 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.