South-eastern Asia vs Viet Nam: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested over time
- South-eastern Asia
- Viet Nam
How they compare
South-eastern Asia currently reports 255,878 ha against 80,807 ha in Viet Nam, a difference of 175,071 ha.
That makes South-eastern Asia's figure about 3.2 times Viet Nam's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South-eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
South-eastern Asia ranks 10th and Viet Nam ranks 8th of 26 groups.
South-eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South-eastern Asia | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 832,480 ha | 230,067 ha | 602,413 ha | South-eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 797,957 ha | 266,930 ha | 531,027 ha | South-eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 811,500 ha | 362,661 ha | 448,839 ha | South-eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 704,805 ha | 321,084 ha | 383,722 ha | South-eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 542,457 ha | 200,920 ha | 341,537 ha | South-eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 388,259 ha | 130,974 ha | 257,284 ha | South-eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 274,082 ha | 90,707 ha | 183,375 ha | South-eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — area harvested, South-eastern Asia or Viet Nam?
- South-eastern Asia, at 255,878 ha against 80,807 ha in Viet Nam as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — area harvested between South-eastern Asia and Viet Nam?
- 175,071 ha, with South-eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South-eastern Asia and Viet Nam?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South-eastern Asia and Viet Nam rank globally for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- South-eastern Asia ranks 10th and Viet Nam ranks 8th 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.