Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
127
Highest
146.67 % change on previous year
Guadeloupe
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Singapore
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
63
1962–2024
Data points
8,671
What the numbers show
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate is currently reported for 127 countries. The highest value is 146.67 % change on previous year in Guadeloupe; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is -0.1692 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Malaysia (up 9,181.4%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 5,646.1%).
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guadeloupe | 146.67 % change on previous year | 2006 | up 351.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Malaysia | 86.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 9,181.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Niger | 70.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 452.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 61.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 297.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Mauritius | 59.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 312.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Maldives | 50 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Bhutan | 35.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 373.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Kenya | 25.77 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 489.5% | volatile |
| 9 | United Republic of Tanzania | 23.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 458.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Benin | 22.98 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 254.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 22.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 281.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Chad | 20.73 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 127.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Haiti | 19.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Egypt | 16.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 258.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Guinea | 13.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 122.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Spain | 12.42 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 219.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Puerto Rico | 11.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 116.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Guatemala | 11.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 19 | New Caledonia | 10.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Republic of Korea | 10.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 234.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Sudan | 10.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 8.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 120.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Caribbean | 6.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | 6.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Brazil | 6.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 141.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 113.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Mozambique | 5 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 109.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Jamaica | 4.59 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 159.6% | volatile |
| 29 | China, Taiwan Province of | 4.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Cameroon | 3.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 186.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Mali | 3.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 166.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Paraguay | 2.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 754.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.87 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 35 | India | 1.7 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 132.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Viet Nam | 1.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 138.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Palestine | 1.37 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Malawi | 1.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Angola | 0.9184 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Rwanda | 0.9051 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Senegal | 0.8097 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 120.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Ethiopia PDR | 0.5236 % change on previous year | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.4458 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 117.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Mauritania | 0.3765 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Liberia | 0.3202 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 126.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Gabon | 0.2604 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Micronesia | 0.1754 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.1754 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Sri Lanka | 0.1565 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 104.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Uruguay | 0.1539 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 112.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Honduras | 0.1481 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Myanmar | 0.0439 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 105.8% | volatile |
| 53 | New Zealand | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Panama | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 53 | El Salvador | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Suriname | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Yemen | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Martinique | 0 % change on previous year | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Cook Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Niue | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Sudan (former) | 0 % change on previous year | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 53 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Réunion | 0 % change on previous year | 2006 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Nigeria | -0.0265 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Ecuador | -0.0477 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.6% | volatile |
| 67 | China | -0.0478 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 98.1% | volatile |
| 68 | China, mainland | -0.0631 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 97.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Chile | -0.1382 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 110.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Somalia | -0.2237 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 107.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Congo | -0.2268 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 190.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Papua New Guinea | -0.2444 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 113.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | -0.2821 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 109.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Tonga | -0.2972 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 116.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Melanesia | -0.3267 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 116.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Ghana | -0.3537 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 135.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Bahamas | -0.3704 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 111.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Guyana | -0.4651 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Dominica | -0.5102 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.6211 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 97.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Japan | -0.625 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Eswatini | -0.7256 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,043.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | -0.758 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Polynesia | -0.8276 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 174.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Madagascar | -1.03 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 229.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Cambodia | -1.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Australia and New Zealand | -2.22 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 691.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | -3.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 108.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Timor-Leste | -3.12 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Peru | -3.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 386.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Comoros | -3.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 128.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Australia | -3.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 230.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Bangladesh | -3.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Burundi | -3.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Argentina | -3.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Saint Lucia | -5.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 81.7% | volatile |
| 97 | South Africa | -5.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 104.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Indonesia | -6.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Guinea-Bissau | -6.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | -7.98 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 74.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Cuba | -8.13 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Mexico | -9.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 5,646.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Fiji | -9.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 682.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -10.05 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 621.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Philippines | -10.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Ethiopia | -10.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 950.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Togo | -11.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Uganda | -11.42 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,681.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Costa Rica | -11.77 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 108.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Botswana | -11.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 105.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Portugal | -12.32 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 494.1% | volatile |
| 112 | French Polynesia | -12.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 183.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Morocco | -13.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Belize | -15.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Cabo Verde | -16.41 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 121.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Kuwait | -20 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -25 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Grenada | -26.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 118.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Barbados | -28 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,412.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Greece | -34.78 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 228.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Italy | -37.82 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Israel | -37.99 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 3,090.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Pakistan | -55.16 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,463.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | -58.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,564.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Zambia | -69.02 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 4,212.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Bahrain | -100 % change on previous year | 1996 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Singapore | -100 % change on previous year | 1997 | down 140.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern America 17.34 % change on previous year
- United States of America 17.34 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa 11.28 % change on previous year
- Americas 6.99 % change on previous year
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4.74 % change on previous year
- Middle Africa 3.29 % change on previous year
- South America 3.06 % change on previous year
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 2.03 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.21 % change on previous year
- Western Africa 0.9761 % change on previous year
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.6958 % change on previous year
- Africa 0.634 % change on previous year
- World 0.4568 % change on previous year
- Eastern Asia 0.0108 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia -0.3365 % change on previous year
- Asia -0.3472 % change on previous year
- Oceania -0.3673 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa -0.7441 % change on previous year
- South-Eastern Asia -3.36 % change on previous year
- Central America -3.66 % change on previous year
- European Union (27) -4.82 % change on previous year
- Europe -4.82 % change on previous year
- Southern Europe -4.82 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa -5.34 % change on previous year
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) -7.06 % change on previous year
- Western Asia -36.77 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.