Papua New Guinea vs Western Africa: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 1.83 million ha against 142,854 ha in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 1.69 million ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 12.8 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Africa ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 9th and Western Africa ranks 6th of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Western Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75,634 ha | 84,291 ha | 8,657 ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 89,200 ha | 76,439 ha | 12,761 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 97,700 ha | 68,687 ha | 29,013 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 101,123 ha | 342,105 ha | 240,982 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 108,813 ha | 1.18 million ha | 1.07 million ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 132,543 ha | 1.69 million ha | 1.56 million ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 143,134 ha | 1.81 million ha | 1.67 million ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Papua New Guinea or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 1.83 million 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 Western Africa?
- 1.69 million ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Western Africa rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 9th and Western Africa ranks 6th 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.