Eastern Asia vs Polynesia: Sweet potatoes — Yield
Sweet potatoes — Yield over time
- Eastern Asia
- Polynesia
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 22,012 kg/ha against 10,197 kg/ha in Polynesia, a difference of 11,815 kg/ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 2.2 times Polynesia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Polynesia ahead.
Eastern Asia ranks 4th and Polynesia ranks 7th of 25 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Asia averaged higher in 6 and Polynesia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,650 kg/ha | 12,571 kg/ha | 2,921 kg/ha | Polynesia |
| 1970s | 13,180 kg/ha | 12,654 kg/ha | 525.86 kg/ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 16,527 kg/ha | 13,475 kg/ha | 3,052 kg/ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 18,405 kg/ha | 13,993 kg/ha | 4,412 kg/ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 21,218 kg/ha | 12,631 kg/ha | 8,587 kg/ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 21,414 kg/ha | 10,934 kg/ha | 10,480 kg/ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 22,005 kg/ha | 10,303 kg/ha | 11,702 kg/ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — yield, Eastern Asia or Polynesia?
- Eastern Asia, at 22,012 kg/ha against 10,197 kg/ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — yield between Eastern Asia and Polynesia?
- 11,815 kg/ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and Polynesia rank globally for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Eastern Asia ranks 4th and Polynesia ranks 7th of 25 groups.
- 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.