Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Argentina
Argentina: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0002 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Argentina is 0.0002 ha per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and down 33.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Argentina peaked at 0.0019 ha per person in 1969 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 ha per person, in 2024.
Argentina ranks 62nd of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0018 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0017 ha per person | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0017 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1964 | 0.0016 ha per person | -6.6% |
| 1965 | 0.0016 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0016 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0018 ha per person | +13.9% |
| 1968 | 0.0018 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0019 ha per person | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0019 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0017 ha per person | -6.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0014 ha per person | -18.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0017 ha per person | +18.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0013 ha per person | -22.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0016 ha per person | +22.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0014 ha per person | -9.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0013 ha per person | -6.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0013 ha per person | -7.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0012 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0012 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0009 ha per person | -28.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0011 ha per person | +28.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0009 ha per person | -14.2% |
| 1984 | 0.001 ha per person | +9.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0011 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 0.001 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0008 ha per person | -21.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0009 ha per person | +10.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0007 ha per person | -26.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0007 ha per person | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0007 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0006 ha per person | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0006 ha per person | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0006 ha per person | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0006 ha per person | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0006 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0005 ha per person | -18.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0005 ha per person | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0005 ha per person | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0005 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0005 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0005 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0004 ha per person | -9.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0004 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0004 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0004 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0004 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0003 ha per person | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0003 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0003 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0003 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0003 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0003 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0003 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0002 ha per person | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0002 ha per person | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0002 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0002 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0002 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0002 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0002 ha per person | -4.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Argentina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +28.7% | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0011 ha per person |
| 1981 | -28.5% | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0015 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.001 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Argentina?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Argentina was 0.0002 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0019 ha per person in 1969.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Argentina rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Argentina ranks 62nd out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Argentina 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.