Republic of Korea vs Western Asia: Sweet potatoes — Production
Sweet potatoes — Production over time
- Republic of Korea
- Western Asia
How they compare
Republic of Korea currently reports 314,426 t against 19,362 t in Western Asia, a difference of 295,064 t.
That makes Republic of Korea's figure about 16.2 times Western Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Republic of Korea has been ahead every year.
Republic of Korea ranks 24th and Western Asia ranks 24th of 113 countries.
Republic of Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Republic of Korea | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.96 million t | 464.44 t | 1.96 million t | Republic of Korea |
| 1970s | 1.73 million t | 585 t | 1.73 million t | Republic of Korea |
| 1980s | 812,706 t | 2,401 t | 810,305 t | Republic of Korea |
| 1990s | 335,416 t | 8,626 t | 326,790 t | Republic of Korea |
| 2000s | 314,930 t | 30,191 t | 284,739 t | Republic of Korea |
| 2010s | 318,294 t | 34,145 t | 284,148 t | Republic of Korea |
| 2020s | 326,026 t | 32,367 t | 293,659 t | Republic of Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — production, Republic of Korea or Western Asia?
- Republic of Korea, at 314,426 t against 19,362 t in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — production between Republic of Korea and Western Asia?
- 295,064 t, with Republic of Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Korea and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Republic of Korea and Western Asia rank globally for sweet potatoes — production?
- Republic of Korea ranks 24th and Western Asia ranks 24th of 113 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.