Africa vs China (People’s Republic of): Sweet potatoes — Production
Sweet potatoes — Production over time
- Africa
- China (People’s Republic of)
How they compare
China (People’s Republic of) currently reports 51.57 million t against 28.55 million t in Africa, a difference of 23.02 million t.
That makes China (People’s Republic of)'s figure about 1.8 times Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China (People’s Republic of) has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 3rd and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st of 26 groups.
China (People’s Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China (People’s Republic of) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.43 million t | 87.87 million t | 84.44 million t | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1970s | 5.02 million t | 118.27 million t | 113.25 million t | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1980s | 5.76 million t | 109.85 million t | 104.09 million t | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1990s | 7.43 million t | 112.19 million t | 104.75 million t | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2000s | 13.45 million t | 96.72 million t | 83.27 million t | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2010s | 23.79 million t | 56.52 million t | 32.72 million t | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2020s | 28.24 million t | 51.61 million t | 23.37 million t | China (People’s Republic of) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — production, Africa or China (People’s Republic of)?
- China (People’s Republic of), at 51.57 million t against 28.55 million t in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — production between Africa and China (People’s Republic of)?
- 23.02 million t, with China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China (People’s Republic of)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and China (People’s Republic of) rank globally for sweet potatoes — production?
- Africa ranks 3rd and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st of 26 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sweet potatoes — Production. 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.