Dominican Republic vs Puerto Rico: Sweet potatoes — Yield
Sweet potatoes — Yield over time
- Dominican Republic
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Dominican Republic currently reports 9,461 kg/ha against 9,332 kg/ha in Puerto Rico, a difference of 129 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Dominican Republic ahead.
Dominican Republic ranks 56th and Puerto Rico ranks 57th of 112 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 2 and Puerto Rico in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,891 kg/ha | 2,973 kg/ha | 5,918 kg/ha | Dominican Republic |
| 1970s | 6,744 kg/ha | 4,333 kg/ha | 2,411 kg/ha | Dominican Republic |
| 1980s | 6,132 kg/ha | 7,329 kg/ha | 1,197 kg/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 5,841 kg/ha | 7,787 kg/ha | 1,946 kg/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 6,671 kg/ha | 9,009 kg/ha | 2,338 kg/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 7,997 kg/ha | 9,678 kg/ha | 1,681 kg/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 8,843 kg/ha | 9,428 kg/ha | 584.8 kg/ha | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — yield, Dominican Republic or Puerto Rico?
- Dominican Republic, at 9,461 kg/ha against 9,332 kg/ha in Puerto Rico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — yield between Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico?
- 129 kg/ha, with Dominican Republic ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico rank globally for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Dominican Republic ranks 56th and Puerto Rico ranks 57th 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.