Japan vs Papua New Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre
Japan
1.96 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
1.62 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
21st
Papua New Guinea rank
23rd
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre over time
- Japan
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Japan currently reports 1.96 t per square kilometre against 1.62 t per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.34 t per square kilometre.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Papua New Guinea's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 21st and Papua New Guinea ranks 23rd of 99 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.02 t per square kilometre | 0.6796 t per square kilometre | 13.34 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1970s | 4.57 t per square kilometre | 0.8815 t per square kilometre | 3.69 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 3.87 t per square kilometre | 1.01 t per square kilometre | 2.86 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 3.23 t per square kilometre | 1.03 t per square kilometre | 2.2 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 2.79 t per square kilometre | 1.18 t per square kilometre | 1.61 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 2.33 t per square kilometre | 1.49 t per square kilometre | 0.84 t per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.91 t per square kilometre | 1.62 t per square kilometre | 0.2889 t per square kilometre | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre, Japan or Papua New Guinea?
- Japan, at 1.96 t per square kilometre against 1.62 t per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre between Japan and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.34 t per square kilometre, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Papua New Guinea?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Papua New Guinea rank globally for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 21st and Papua New Guinea ranks 23rd of 99 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.