Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Australia
Australia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0001 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Australia is 0.0001 ha per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Australia peaked at 0.0001 ha per person in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 ha per person, in 1966.
Australia ranks 75th of 99 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1963 | 0 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 0 ha per person | -12.7% |
| 1965 | 0 ha per person | +11.3% |
| 1966 | 0 ha per person | -19.7% |
| 1967 | 0 ha per person | +70.1% |
| 1968 | 0 ha per person | -14.5% |
| 1969 | 0 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 0 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 1971 | 0 ha per person | +7.6% |
| 1972 | 0 ha per person | +10.0% |
| 1973 | 0 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 0 ha per person | -12.5% |
| 1975 | 0 ha per person | -17.0% |
| 1976 | 0 ha per person | +24.1% |
| 1977 | 0 ha per person | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 0 ha per person | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 0 ha per person | +11.4% |
| 1980 | 0 ha per person | +15.6% |
| 1981 | 0 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 0 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 0 ha per person | -13.0% |
| 1984 | 0 ha per person | +9.7% |
| 1985 | 0 ha per person | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 0 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 0 ha per person | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 0 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 0 ha per person | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 0 ha per person | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 0 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 0 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 0 ha per person | +21.5% |
| 1994 | 0 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 0 ha per person | -13.9% |
| 1996 | 0 ha per person | -26.5% |
| 1997 | 0 ha per person | +15.9% |
| 1998 | 0 ha per person | +43.0% |
| 1999 | 0 ha per person | +21.7% |
| 2000 | 0 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 0 ha per person | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 0 ha per person | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0001 ha per person | +14.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0001 ha per person | +7.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 ha per person | +25.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 ha per person | -12.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 ha per person | +15.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 ha per person | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 ha per person | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0001 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0001 ha per person | -11.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0001 ha per person | -5.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Australia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +70.1% | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Australia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Australia was 0.0001 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0001 ha per person in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha per person in 1966.
- How does Australia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Australia ranks 75th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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.