Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0003 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Antigua and Barbuda, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Antigua and Barbuda recorded 0.0003 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 58.9% on the previous year and down 31.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 0.0009 ha per person in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 ha per person, in 2020.
That places Antigua and Barbuda 50th out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Antigua and Barbuda, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0005 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0005 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0005 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0005 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0005 ha per person | +6.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0003 ha per person | -48.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0006 ha per person | +111.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0007 ha per person | +18.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0003 ha per person | -60.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0006 ha per person | +121.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0006 ha per person | -7.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0008 ha per person | +45.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0009 ha per person | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0005 ha per person | -46.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0008 ha per person | +67.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0003 ha per person | -65.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0003 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0004 ha per person | +39.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0004 ha per person | +12.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0005 ha per person | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0004 ha per person | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0004 ha per person | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0004 ha per person | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0004 ha per person | -12.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0004 ha per person | -5.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0004 ha per person | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0003 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0003 ha per person | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0004 ha per person | +15.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0004 ha per person | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0004 ha per person | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0005 ha per person | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0005 ha per person | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0005 ha per person | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0005 ha per person | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0005 ha per person | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0005 ha per person | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0005 ha per person | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0005 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0005 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0005 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0004 ha per person | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0003 ha per person | -19.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0003 ha per person | -14.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0002 ha per person | -36.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0007 ha per person | +322.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0004 ha per person | -47.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0008 ha per person | +107.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0003 ha per person | -58.9% |
Antigua and Barbuda compared with similar countries
- Antigua and Barbuda's 0.0003 ha per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0001 ha per person, 3.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Antigua and Barbuda's 0.0003 ha per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0003 ha per person, 1.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Antigua and Barbuda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +322.7% | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person |
| 1978 | +121.6% | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person |
| 1975 | +111.8% | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person |
| 2023 | +107.3% | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person |
| 1983 | +67.4% | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person |
| 1984 | -65.4% | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2764 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0149 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.543 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7567 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Antigua and Barbuda was 0.0003 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0009 ha per person in 1981.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 ha per person in 2020.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 50th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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)
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
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.