Papua New Guinea vs South-eastern Asia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Papua New Guinea
- South-eastern Asia
How they compare
South-eastern Asia currently reports 255,878 ha against 142,854 ha in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 113,024 ha.
That makes South-eastern Asia's figure about 1.8 times Papua New Guinea's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South-eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 9th and South-eastern Asia ranks 10th of 113 countries.
South-eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | South-eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75,634 ha | 832,480 ha | 756,845 ha | South-eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 89,200 ha | 797,957 ha | 708,757 ha | South-eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 97,700 ha | 811,500 ha | 713,800 ha | South-eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 101,123 ha | 704,805 ha | 603,682 ha | South-eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 108,813 ha | 542,457 ha | 433,645 ha | South-eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 132,543 ha | 388,259 ha | 255,716 ha | South-eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 143,134 ha | 274,082 ha | 130,948 ha | South-eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Papua New Guinea or South-eastern Asia?
- South-eastern Asia, at 255,878 ha against 142,854 ha in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Papua New Guinea and South-eastern Asia?
- 113,024 ha, with South-eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and South-eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and South-eastern Asia rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 9th and South-eastern Asia ranks 10th 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.