Potatoes — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)
Small island developing States (SIDS): Potatoes — Area harvested was 15,465 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) is 15,465 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) peaked at 23,302 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 10,949 ha, in 1963.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,490 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,263 ha | -16.5% |
| 1963 | 10,949 ha | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 12,003 ha | +9.6% |
| 1965 | 12,829 ha | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 14,940 ha | +16.5% |
| 1967 | 14,856 ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 13,152 ha | -11.5% |
| 1969 | 15,481 ha | +17.7% |
| 1970 | 16,911 ha | +9.2% |
| 1971 | 19,744 ha | +16.8% |
| 1972 | 12,180 ha | -38.3% |
| 1973 | 12,953 ha | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 18,228 ha | +40.7% |
| 1975 | 17,226 ha | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 16,852 ha | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 17,264 ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 15,954 ha | -7.6% |
| 1979 | 17,958 ha | +12.6% |
| 1980 | 18,582 ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 21,150 ha | +13.8% |
| 1982 | 18,558 ha | -12.3% |
| 1983 | 17,264 ha | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 20,867 ha | +20.9% |
| 1985 | 18,689 ha | -10.4% |
| 1986 | 17,973 ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 18,730 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 20,074 ha | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 22,286 ha | +11.0% |
| 1990 | 23,302 ha | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 23,274 ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 21,562 ha | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 18,945 ha | -12.1% |
| 1994 | 19,815 ha | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 20,002 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 18,802 ha | -6.0% |
| 1997 | 22,963 ha | +22.1% |
| 1998 | 17,273 ha | -24.8% |
| 1999 | 19,565 ha | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 18,035 ha | -7.8% |
| 2001 | 20,104 ha | +11.5% |
| 2002 | 18,702 ha | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 18,437 ha | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 17,506 ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 17,667 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 16,713 ha | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 15,467 ha | -7.5% |
| 2008 | 15,657 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 18,449 ha | +17.8% |
| 2010 | 16,830 ha | -8.8% |
| 2011 | 15,243 ha | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 14,819 ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 14,599 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 11,728 ha | -19.7% |
| 2015 | 14,854 ha | +26.7% |
| 2016 | 14,337 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 16,448 ha | +14.7% |
| 2018 | 16,481 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 16,516 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 15,535 ha | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 14,936 ha | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 15,436 ha | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 15,572 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 15,465 ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,218 ha | 10,949 ha | 15,481 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,527 ha | 12,180 ha | 19,744 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,417 ha | 17,264 ha | 22,286 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,550 ha | 17,273 ha | 23,302 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,674 ha | 15,467 ha | 20,104 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,186 ha | 11,728 ha | 16,830 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,389 ha | 14,936 ha | 15,572 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small island developing States (SIDS)
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 23,914 ha compare
- 11 Nigeria 327,188 ha compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 22,430 ha compare
- 12 Yugoslav SFR 284,512 ha compare
- 13 Germany 282,200 ha compare
- 13 Viet Nam 20,733 ha compare
- 14 Egypt 268,565 ha compare
- 15 Kenya 225,948 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 1,339 ha compare
- 16 France 217,680 ha compare
- 16 Melanesia 523 ha compare
- 17 Lao People's Democratic Republic 53 ha compare
- 17 Nepal 211,505 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Small island developing States (SIDS)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 6.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 5.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 14.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 7.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 13.08 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) was 15,465 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 23,302 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,949 ha in 1963.
- How does Small island developing States (SIDS) rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 14th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small island developing States (SIDS) 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.