China (People’s Republic of) vs Middle Africa: Sweet potatoes — Yield
Sweet potatoes — Yield over time
- China (People’s Republic of)
- Middle Africa
How they compare
China (People’s Republic of) currently reports 22,214 kg/ha against 7,774 kg/ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 14,440 kg/ha.
That makes China (People’s Republic of)'s figure about 2.9 times Middle 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 Middle Africa ranks 21st 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) | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,288 kg/ha | 4,780 kg/ha | 4,508 kg/ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1970s | 13,052 kg/ha | 4,995 kg/ha | 8,057 kg/ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1980s | 16,449 kg/ha | 5,449 kg/ha | 10,999 kg/ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 1990s | 18,377 kg/ha | 5,164 kg/ha | 13,214 kg/ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2000s | 21,247 kg/ha | 4,978 kg/ha | 16,269 kg/ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2010s | 21,557 kg/ha | 7,095 kg/ha | 14,462 kg/ha | China (People’s Republic of) |
| 2020s | 22,220 kg/ha | 7,552 kg/ha | 14,668 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 Middle Africa?
- China (People’s Republic of), at 22,214 kg/ha against 7,774 kg/ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — yield between China (People’s Republic of) and Middle Africa?
- 14,440 kg/ha, with China (People’s Republic of) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China (People’s Republic of) and Middle Africa rank globally for sweet potatoes — yield?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 19th and Middle Africa ranks 21st 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.