Nigeria vs United Republic of Tanzania: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Nigeria
- United Republic of Tanzania
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 1.51 million ha against 346,027 ha in United Republic of Tanzania, a difference of 1.16 million ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 4.4 times United Republic of Tanzania's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United Republic of Tanzania ahead.
Nigeria ranks 3rd and United Republic of Tanzania ranks 4th of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 3 and United Republic of Tanzania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | United Republic of Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,111 ha | 33,444 ha | 19,333 ha | United Republic of Tanzania |
| 1970s | 11,500 ha | 134,500 ha | 123,000 ha | United Republic of Tanzania |
| 1980s | 14,100 ha | 184,548 ha | 170,448 ha | United Republic of Tanzania |
| 1990s | 228,020 ha | 266,974 ha | 38,954 ha | United Republic of Tanzania |
| 2000s | 972,000 ha | 419,757 ha | 552,243 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 1.44 million ha | 668,638 ha | 773,204 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 1.51 million ha | 348,035 ha | 1.16 million ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Nigeria or United Republic of Tanzania?
- Nigeria, at 1.51 million ha against 346,027 ha in United Republic of Tanzania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Nigeria and United Republic of Tanzania?
- 1.16 million ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and United Republic of Tanzania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and United Republic of Tanzania rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Nigeria ranks 3rd and United Republic of Tanzania ranks 4th 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.