Potatoes — Area harvested in Réunion
Réunion: Potatoes — Area harvested was 480 ha in 2006. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Réunion, 1961–2006
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Réunion recorded 480 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2006.
The figure is up 11.6% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Réunion peaked at 1,141 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 1970.
That places Réunion 133rd out of 153 countries with data for 2006, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Réunion, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1966 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 180 ha | -10.0% |
| 1968 | 120 ha | -33.3% |
| 1969 | 200 ha | +66.7% |
| 1970 | 50 ha | -75.0% |
| 1971 | 70 ha | +40.0% |
| 1972 | 160 ha | +128.6% |
| 1973 | 150 ha | -6.2% |
| 1974 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1979 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 240 ha | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 280 ha | +12.0% |
| 1986 | 770 ha | +175.0% |
| 1987 | 770 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,015 ha | +31.8% |
| 1989 | 750 ha | -26.1% |
| 1990 | 960 ha | +28.0% |
| 1991 | 970 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 1,141 ha | +17.6% |
| 1993 | 700 ha | -38.7% |
| 1994 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1995 | 600 ha | -25.0% |
| 1996 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1997 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1998 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 1999 | 450 ha | +28.6% |
| 2000 | 162 ha | -64.0% |
| 2001 | 173 ha | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 175 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 200 ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 2005 | 430 ha | +43.3% |
| 2006 | 480 ha | +11.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Réunion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +175.0% | 280 ha | 770 ha |
| 1972 | +128.6% | 70 ha | 160 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 233.33 ha | 120 ha | 300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 148 ha | 50 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 482.5 ha | 240 ha | 1,015 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 687.1 ha | 350 ha | 1,141 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 274.29 ha | 162 ha | 480 ha | 7 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Réunion?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Réunion was 480 ha in 2006, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Réunion?
- The highest recorded value was 1,141 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Réunion?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 1970.
- How does Réunion rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Réunion ranks 133rd out of 153 countries with data for 2006.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Réunion?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Réunion 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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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.