Potatoes — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Potatoes — Area harvested was 4,109 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 4,109 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 4,140 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 578 ha, in 1963.
That places Eswatini 106th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 631 ha | — |
| 1962 | 768 ha | +21.7% |
| 1963 | 578 ha | -24.7% |
| 1964 | 600 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 647 ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 688 ha | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +45.3% |
| 1969 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1973 | 2,600 ha | +30.0% |
| 1974 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,000 ha | -61.5% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | +200.0% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,977 ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 3,054 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 3,068 ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 3,083 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 3,097 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 3,115 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 3,126 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 3,145 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 3,314 ha | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 2,800 ha | -15.5% |
| 2000 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 3,103 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 3,100 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 3,250 ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 3,209 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 3,350 ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 3,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 3,257 ha | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 3,356 ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 3,499 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,818 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 3,850 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 3,949 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 3,995 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 4,005 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 4,015 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 4,025 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 4,077 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 4,111 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 4,140 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 4,109 ha | -0.7% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 4,109 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 17% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 4,109 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 29% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Eswatini changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +200.0% | 1,000 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1971 | +100.0% | 1,500 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1975 | -61.5% | 2,600 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1969 | +50.0% | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha |
| 1968 | +45.3% | 688 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1972 | -33.3% | 3,000 ha | 2,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 784.67 ha | 578 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,470 ha | 1,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,078 ha | 2,800 ha | 3,314 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,212 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,499 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,853 ha | 3,600 ha | 4,015 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,092 ha | 4,025 ha | 4,140 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Eswatini was 4,109 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 4,140 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 578 ha in 1963.
- How does Eswatini rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 106th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.