Papua New Guinea vs Timor-Leste: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 142,854 ha against 1,927 ha in Timor-Leste, a difference of 140,927 ha.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 74.1 times Timor-Leste's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 9th and Timor-Leste ranks 11th of 113 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75,634 ha | 3,678 ha | 71,957 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 89,200 ha | 3,880 ha | 85,320 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 97,700 ha | 2,940 ha | 94,760 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 101,123 ha | 3,677 ha | 97,446 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 108,813 ha | 5,596 ha | 103,216 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 132,543 ha | 2,688 ha | 129,855 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 143,134 ha | 1,928 ha | 141,206 ha | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Papua New Guinea or Timor-Leste?
- Papua New Guinea, at 142,854 ha against 1,927 ha in Timor-Leste as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste?
- 140,927 ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 9th and Timor-Leste ranks 11th 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.