Polynesia vs Tonga: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Polynesia
- Tonga
How they compare
Polynesia currently reports 719 ha against 671 ha in Tonga, a difference of 48 ha.
That makes Polynesia's figure about 1.1 times Tonga's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Polynesia has been ahead every year.
Polynesia ranks 84th and Tonga ranks 86th of 126 countries.
Polynesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Polynesia | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,290 ha | 1,167 ha | 123 ha | Polynesia |
| 1970s | 1,297 ha | 1,209 ha | 87.7 ha | Polynesia |
| 1980s | 737.7 ha | 665 ha | 72.7 ha | Polynesia |
| 1990s | 475.1 ha | 402.9 ha | 72.2 ha | Polynesia |
| 2000s | 580.1 ha | 540.9 ha | 39.2 ha | Polynesia |
| 2010s | 652.3 ha | 620.1 ha | 32.2 ha | Polynesia |
| 2020s | 715.6 ha | 667 ha | 48.6 ha | Polynesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Polynesia or Tonga?
- Polynesia, at 719 ha against 671 ha in Tonga as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Polynesia and Tonga?
- 48 ha, with Polynesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Tonga?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Polynesia and Tonga rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Polynesia ranks 84th and Tonga ranks 86th of 126 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.