China (People’s Republic of) vs Eastern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Yield
Sweet potatoes — Yield over time
- China (People’s Republic of)
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
China (People’s Republic of) currently reports 22,214 kg/ha against 11,343 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 10,871 kg/ha.
That makes China (People’s Republic of)'s figure about 2.0 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China (People’s Republic of) has been ahead every year.
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 19th and Eastern Africa ranks 17th of 110 countries.
China (People’s Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China (People’s Republic of) | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,288 kg/ha | 5,428 kg/ha | 3,861 kg/ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1970s | 13,052 kg/ha | 4,380 kg/ha | 8,672 kg/ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1980s | 16,449 kg/ha | 4,786 kg/ha | 11,663 kg/ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1990s | 18,377 kg/ha | 4,152 kg/ha | 14,225 kg/ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2000s | 21,247 kg/ha | 4,970 kg/ha | 16,277 kg/ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2010s | 21,557 kg/ha | 8,050 kg/ha | 13,508 kg/ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2020s | 22,220 kg/ha | 10,974 kg/ha | 11,246 kg/ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — yield, China (People’s Republic of) or Eastern Africa?
- China (People’s Republic of), at 22,214 kg/ha against 11,343 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — yield between China (People’s Republic of) and Eastern Africa?
- 10,871 kg/ha, with China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China (People’s Republic of) and Eastern Africa rank globally for sweet potatoes — yield?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 19th and Eastern Africa ranks 17th of 110 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.