Northern Africa vs Papua New Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Production
Sweet potatoes — Production over time
- Northern Africa
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 732,812 t against 732,422 t in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 390 t.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Northern Africa ranks 16th and Papua New Guinea ranks 15th of 26 groups.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95,487 t | 307,778 t | 212,291 t | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 111,701 t | 399,200 t | 287,499 t | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 123,662 t | 458,400 t | 334,738 t | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 207,799 t | 464,500 t | 256,701 t | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 470,511 t | 534,512 t | 64,001 t | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 639,836 t | 673,359 t | 33,524 t | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 716,193 t | 734,067 t | 17,874 t | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — production, Northern Africa or Papua New Guinea?
- Northern Africa, at 732,812 t against 732,422 t in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — production between Northern Africa and Papua New Guinea?
- 390 t, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Northern Africa and Papua New Guinea rank globally for sweet potatoes — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 16th and Papua New Guinea ranks 15th 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.