South America vs Timor-Leste: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- South America
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
South America currently reports 111,086 ha against 1,927 ha in Timor-Leste, a difference of 109,159 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 57.6 times Timor-Leste's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
South America ranks 13th and Timor-Leste ranks 11th of 26 groups.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South America | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 247,390 ha | 3,678 ha | 243,712 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 229,428 ha | 3,880 ha | 225,548 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 152,433 ha | 2,940 ha | 149,493 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 109,070 ha | 3,677 ha | 105,393 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 102,737 ha | 5,596 ha | 97,141 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 94,151 ha | 2,688 ha | 91,463 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 106,509 ha | 1,928 ha | 104,581 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, South America or Timor-Leste?
- South America, at 111,086 ha against 1,927 ha in Timor-Leste as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between South America and Timor-Leste?
- 109,159 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South America and Timor-Leste?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South America and Timor-Leste rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- South America ranks 13th and Timor-Leste ranks 11th of 26 groups.
- 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.