South Africa vs Zambia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- South Africa
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 29,784 ha against 27,285 ha in South Africa, a difference of 2,499 ha.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
South Africa ranks 31st and Zambia ranks 28th of 113 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,556 ha | 2,156 ha | 12,400 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 13,000 ha | 2,610 ha | 10,390 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 14,400 ha | 3,230 ha | 11,170 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 15,891 ha | 22,700 ha | 6,809 ha | Zambia |
| 2000s | 16,053 ha | 37,611 ha | 21,557 ha | Zambia |
| 2010s | 23,515 ha | 48,644 ha | 25,128 ha | Zambia |
| 2020s | 30,394 ha | 57,767 ha | 27,373 ha | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, South Africa or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 29,784 ha against 27,285 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between South Africa and Zambia?
- 2,499 ha, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Zambia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Zambia rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- South Africa ranks 31st and Zambia ranks 28th 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.