China, mainland vs Eastern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Yield
Sweet potatoes — Yield over time
- China, mainland
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 22,207 kg/ha against 11,343 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 10,864 kg/ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 2.0 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.
China, mainland ranks 21st and Eastern Africa ranks 16th of 112 countries.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,177 kg/ha | 5,428 kg/ha | 3,749 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1970s | 13,010 kg/ha | 4,380 kg/ha | 8,631 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 16,449 kg/ha | 4,786 kg/ha | 11,663 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 18,377 kg/ha | 4,152 kg/ha | 14,225 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 21,247 kg/ha | 4,970 kg/ha | 16,277 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 21,551 kg/ha | 8,050 kg/ha | 13,502 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 22,212 kg/ha | 10,974 kg/ha | 11,238 kg/ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — yield, China, mainland or Eastern Africa?
- China, mainland, at 22,207 kg/ha against 11,343 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — yield between China, mainland and Eastern Africa?
- 10,864 kg/ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China, mainland and Eastern Africa rank globally for sweet potatoes — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 21st and Eastern Africa ranks 16th of 112 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sweet potatoes — Yield. 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.