Rwanda vs South-Eastern Asia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Rwanda
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
South-Eastern Asia currently reports 255,878 ha against 179,717 ha in Rwanda, a difference of 76,161 ha.
That makes South-Eastern Asia's figure about 1.4 times Rwanda's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South-Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Rwanda ranks 7th 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 | Rwanda | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61,014 ha | 832,480 ha | 771,465 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 83,309 ha | 797,957 ha | 714,647 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 128,100 ha | 811,500 ha | 683,400 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 165,203 ha | 704,805 ha | 539,602 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 157,788 ha | 542,457 ha | 384,669 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 139,682 ha | 388,259 ha | 248,576 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 183,859 ha | 274,082 ha | 90,223 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, Rwanda or South-Eastern Asia?
- South-Eastern Asia, at 255,878 ha against 179,717 ha in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between Rwanda and South-Eastern Asia?
- 76,161 ha, with South-Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and South-Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Rwanda and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 7th 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.