Caribbean vs Puerto Rico: Sweet potatoes — Production, annual growth rate
Caribbean
7.07 % change on previous year
in 2024
Puerto Rico
9.86 % change on previous year
in 2024
Caribbean rank
20th
Puerto Rico rank
17th
Sweet potatoes — Production, annual growth rate over time
- Caribbean
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 9.86 % change on previous year against 7.07 % change on previous year in Caribbean, a difference of 2.79 % change on previous year.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.4 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 31 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 20th and Puerto Rico ranks 17th of 127 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 6 and Puerto Rico in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.45 % change on previous year | -1.53 % change on previous year | 5.98 % change on previous year | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 0.8374 % change on previous year | -2.08 % change on previous year | 2.92 % change on previous year | Caribbean |
| 1980s | -2.28 % change on previous year | 1 % change on previous year | 3.28 % change on previous year | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 0.7546 % change on previous year | -8.9 % change on previous year | 9.65 % change on previous year | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 5.37 % change on previous year | 1.2 % change on previous year | 4.17 % change on previous year | Caribbean |
| 2010s | -0.8517 % change on previous year | -4.28 % change on previous year | 3.43 % change on previous year | Caribbean |
| 2020s | -6.11 % change on previous year | -14.58 % change on previous year | 8.46 % change on previous year | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — production, annual growth rate, Caribbean or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 9.86 % change on previous year against 7.07 % change on previous year in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — production, annual growth rate between Caribbean and Puerto Rico?
- 2.79 % change on previous year, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Puerto Rico?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Puerto Rico rank globally for sweet potatoes — production, annual growth rate?
- Caribbean ranks 20th and Puerto Rico ranks 17th of 127 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Sweet potatoes — Production, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Sweet potatoes — Production. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.