Kenya vs Sri Lanka: Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre
Kenya
1.15 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka
0.8658 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Kenya rank
32nd
Sri Lanka rank
33rd
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre over time
- Kenya
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 1.15 t per square kilometre against 0.8658 t per square kilometre in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.2842 t per square kilometre.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.3 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Kenya ranks 32nd and Sri Lanka ranks 33rd of 99 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.318 t per square kilometre | 0.9765 t per square kilometre | 0.6584 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 0.4731 t per square kilometre | 1.95 t per square kilometre | 1.48 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 0.7221 t per square kilometre | 1.86 t per square kilometre | 1.14 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 0.5973 t per square kilometre | 0.9695 t per square kilometre | 0.3722 t per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 1.22 t per square kilometre | 0.7389 t per square kilometre | 0.4798 t per square kilometre | Kenya |
| 2010s | 1.48 t per square kilometre | 0.7328 t per square kilometre | 0.7492 t per square kilometre | Kenya |
| 2020s | 1.17 t per square kilometre | 0.7541 t per square kilometre | 0.4208 t per square kilometre | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre, Kenya or Sri Lanka?
- Kenya, at 1.15 t per square kilometre against 0.8658 t per square kilometre in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre between Kenya and Sri Lanka?
- 0.2842 t per square kilometre, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Sri Lanka?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Sri Lanka rank globally for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre?
- Kenya ranks 32nd and Sri Lanka ranks 33rd 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.