Papua New Guinea vs World: Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita

Papua New Guinea
0.0692 t per person
in 2024
World
0.0112 t per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
4th
World rank
1st

Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • World
00.050.10.15196119922024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0692 t per person against 0.0112 t per person in World, a difference of 0.058 t per person.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 6.2 times World's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.

Papua New Guinea ranks 4th and World ranks 1st of 99 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea World Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1375 t per person 0.0329 t per person 0.1046 t per person Papua New Guinea
1970s 0.1434 t per person 0.0344 t per person 0.109 t per person Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.133 t per person 0.0268 t per person 0.1061 t per person Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.1024 t per person 0.023 t per person 0.0794 t per person Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.083 t per person 0.0186 t per person 0.0644 t per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.0781 t per person 0.0125 t per person 0.0656 t per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.072 t per person 0.0114 t per person 0.0606 t per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potatoes — production, per capita, Papua New Guinea or World?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.0692 t per person against 0.0112 t per person in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in sweet potatoes — production, per capita between Papua New Guinea and World?
0.058 t per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and World rank globally for sweet potatoes — production, per capita?
Papua New Guinea ranks 4th and World ranks 1st of 99 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita
Unit
t per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
100 places, 5,679 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.