Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate was 3.29 % change on previous year in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate in Middle Africa, 1962–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 3.29 % change on previous year for sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.7% on the previous year and up 147.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate in Middle Africa peaked at 20.46 % change on previous year in 2003 and was at its lowest, -12.89 % change on previous year, in 2008.
Middle Africa ranks 6th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | -3.02 % change on previous year | — |
| 1963 | -2.39 % change on previous year | -20.7% |
| 1964 | -9.07 % change on previous year | +279.0% |
| 1965 | 1.82 % change on previous year | -120.1% |
| 1966 | -8.21 % change on previous year | -550.3% |
| 1967 | 12.58 % change on previous year | -253.2% |
| 1968 | 1.13 % change on previous year | -91.0% |
| 1969 | 10.72 % change on previous year | +846.4% |
| 1970 | -3.99 % change on previous year | -137.2% |
| 1971 | 1.8 % change on previous year | -145.2% |
| 1972 | 1.1 % change on previous year | -38.8% |
| 1973 | -0.6341 % change on previous year | -157.4% |
| 1974 | 4.17 % change on previous year | -757.3% |
| 1975 | -1.6 % change on previous year | -138.3% |
| 1976 | 0.6218 % change on previous year | -138.9% |
| 1977 | 0.2261 % change on previous year | -63.6% |
| 1978 | 1.05 % change on previous year | +365.6% |
| 1979 | 0.4092 % change on previous year | -61.1% |
| 1980 | 1.33 % change on previous year | +225.9% |
| 1981 | 1.39 % change on previous year | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 2.16 % change on previous year | +55.7% |
| 1983 | -0.6354 % change on previous year | -129.4% |
| 1984 | -7.25 % change on previous year | +1040.6% |
| 1985 | 0.5362 % change on previous year | -107.4% |
| 1986 | -0.2133 % change on previous year | -139.8% |
| 1987 | 0.9162 % change on previous year | -529.5% |
| 1988 | 3.16 % change on previous year | +245.2% |
| 1989 | 1.17 % change on previous year | -62.9% |
| 1990 | 4.85 % change on previous year | +312.9% |
| 1991 | -0.8034 % change on previous year | -116.6% |
| 1992 | 3.01 % change on previous year | -475.0% |
| 1993 | 3.48 % change on previous year | +15.7% |
| 1994 | 3.29 % change on previous year | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 20.16 % change on previous year | +512.2% |
| 1996 | -8.42 % change on previous year | -141.7% |
| 1997 | -11.21 % change on previous year | +33.2% |
| 1998 | -11.93 % change on previous year | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 0.651 % change on previous year | -105.5% |
| 2000 | 19.28 % change on previous year | +2860.9% |
| 2001 | 5.65 % change on previous year | -70.7% |
| 2002 | 18.6 % change on previous year | +229.1% |
| 2003 | 20.46 % change on previous year | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 1.32 % change on previous year | -93.6% |
| 2005 | -4.13 % change on previous year | -414.0% |
| 2006 | 5.94 % change on previous year | -243.7% |
| 2007 | 8.68 % change on previous year | +46.2% |
| 2008 | -12.89 % change on previous year | -248.5% |
| 2009 | 12.78 % change on previous year | -199.1% |
| 2010 | 19.29 % change on previous year | +51.0% |
| 2011 | 11.74 % change on previous year | -39.2% |
| 2012 | -10.22 % change on previous year | -187.1% |
| 2013 | 17.95 % change on previous year | -275.7% |
| 2014 | -6.87 % change on previous year | -138.3% |
| 2015 | 2.54 % change on previous year | -137.0% |
| 2016 | 7.2 % change on previous year | +183.2% |
| 2017 | 7.8 % change on previous year | +8.3% |
| 2018 | -2.36 % change on previous year | -130.3% |
| 2019 | -0.4176 % change on previous year | -82.3% |
| 2020 | 2.89 % change on previous year | -790.8% |
| 2021 | 3.16 % change on previous year | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 3.27 % change on previous year | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 3.41 % change on previous year | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 3.29 % change on previous year | -3.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate in Middle Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +2860.9% | 0.651 % change on previous year | 19.28 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4458 % change on previous year | -9.07 % change on previous year | 12.58 % change on previous year | 8 |
| 1970s | 0.3162 % change on previous year | -3.99 % change on previous year | 4.17 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.258 % change on previous year | -7.25 % change on previous year | 3.16 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3085 % change on previous year | -11.93 % change on previous year | 20.16 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.57 % change on previous year | -12.89 % change on previous year | 20.46 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.67 % change on previous year | -10.22 % change on previous year | 19.29 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.2 % change on previous year | 2.89 % change on previous year | 3.41 % change on previous year | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 3 Niger 70.24 % change on previous year compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 61.6 % change on previous year compare
- 5 Mauritius 59.5 % change on previous year compare
- 6 Maldives 50 % change on previous year compare
- 7 Bhutan 35.29 % change on previous year compare
- 8 Kenya 25.77 % change on previous year compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 23.89 % change on previous year compare
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 5.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual -3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 0.167 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.3406 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 0.2752 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate in Middle Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate in Middle Africa was 3.29 % change on previous year in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 20.46 % change on previous year in 2003.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was -12.89 % change on previous year in 2008.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate?
- Middle Africa ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, annual growth rate rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 147.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
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.