Democratic People's Republic of Korea vs Western Africa: Sweet potatoes — Production
Sweet potatoes — Production over time
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 6.26 million t against 576,338 t in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a difference of 5.69 million t.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 10.9 times Democratic People's Republic of Korea's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th and Western Africa ranks 8th of 16 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 124,444 t | 451,834 t | 327,389 t | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 162,000 t | 367,874 t | 205,874 t | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 222,600 t | 356,415 t | 133,815 t | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 265,700 t | 1.35 million t | 1.08 million t | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 351,007 t | 3.73 million t | 3.38 million t | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 482,938 t | 5.19 million t | 4.71 million t | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 573,069 t | 6.08 million t | 5.51 million t | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — production, Democratic People's Republic of Korea or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 6.26 million t against 576,338 t in Democratic People's Republic of Korea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — production between Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Western Africa?
- 5.69 million t, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Western Africa rank globally for sweet potatoes — production?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 9th and Western Africa ranks 8th of 16 countries.
- 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.