Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Angola
Angola: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0053 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Angola recorded 0.0053 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Angola peaked at 0.0079 ha per person in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.0014 ha per person, in 1999.
That places Angola 11th out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0028 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0028 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0031 ha per person | +12.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0033 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0033 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0029 ha per person | -12.1% |
| 1967 | 0.003 ha per person | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 0.003 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0029 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0031 ha per person | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 0.003 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0029 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0028 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0027 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0026 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0025 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0025 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0024 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0023 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0022 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0021 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0021 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 0.002 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 0.002 ha per person | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0019 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0019 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0018 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0017 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0017 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0016 ha per person | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0017 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0016 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0016 ha per person | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0016 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0017 ha per person | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0016 ha per person | -6.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0016 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0016 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0014 ha per person | -13.2% |
| 2000 | 0.004 ha per person | +182.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0047 ha per person | +19.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0058 ha per person | +22.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0079 ha per person | +36.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0075 ha per person | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0075 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0077 ha per person | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0078 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0058 ha per person | -25.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0066 ha per person | +13.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0067 ha per person | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0066 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0048 ha per person | -26.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0062 ha per person | +29.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0062 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.006 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 0.006 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0065 ha per person | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0057 ha per person | -12.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0055 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0055 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0054 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0053 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0054 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0053 ha per person | -2.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Angola 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 | +182.0% | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.004 ha per person |
| 2003 | +36.8% | 0.0058 ha per person | 0.0079 ha per person |
| 2013 | +29.1% | 0.0048 ha per person | 0.0062 ha per person |
| 2012 | -26.6% | 0.0066 ha per person | 0.0048 ha per person |
| 2008 | -25.2% | 0.0078 ha per person | 0.0058 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.003 ha per person | 0.0028 ha per person | 0.0033 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0027 ha per person | 0.0023 ha per person | 0.0031 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0022 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0065 ha per person | 0.004 ha per person | 0.0079 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.006 ha per person | 0.0048 ha per person | 0.0067 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0054 ha per person | 0.0053 ha per person | 0.0055 ha per person | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Angola?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Angola was 0.0053 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0079 ha per person in 2003.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0014 ha per person in 1999.
- How does Angola rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Angola ranks 11th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.