Papua New Guinea vs Viet Nam: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 142,854 ha against 80,807 ha in Viet Nam, a difference of 62,047 ha.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.8 times Viet Nam's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Viet Nam ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 9th and Viet Nam ranks 8th of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Viet Nam in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75,634 ha | 230,067 ha | 154,432 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1970s | 89,200 ha | 266,930 ha | 177,730 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1980s | 97,700 ha | 362,661 ha | 264,961 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 101,123 ha | 321,084 ha | 219,961 ha | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 108,813 ha | 200,920 ha | 92,107 ha | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 132,543 ha | 130,974 ha | 1,569 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 143,134 ha | 90,707 ha | 52,427 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 Viet Nam?
- Papua New Guinea, at 142,854 ha against 80,807 ha in Viet Nam as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Papua New Guinea and Viet Nam?
- 62,047 ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Viet Nam?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Viet Nam rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 9th and Viet Nam ranks 8th 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.