Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Bahamas
Bahamas: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0013 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Bahamas, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 0.0013 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Bahamas peaked at 0.0014 ha per person in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 ha per person, in 1999.
Bahamas ranks 30th 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 Bahamas, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0005 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0005 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0005 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0005 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0005 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0004 ha per person | -4.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0004 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0004 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0004 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0004 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0004 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0004 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0004 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0004 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0003 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0003 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0003 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0003 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0003 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0003 ha per person | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0003 ha per person | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0002 ha per person | -21.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0002 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0002 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0003 ha per person | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0002 ha per person | -10.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0002 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0005 ha per person | +117.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0005 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0002 ha per person | -53.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0007 ha per person | +233.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0005 ha per person | -22.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0007 ha per person | +31.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0007 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0008 ha per person | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0009 ha per person | +13.6% |
| 2006 | 0.001 ha per person | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 0.001 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.001 ha per person | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0011 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0011 ha per person | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0012 ha per person | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0012 ha per person | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0013 ha per person | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0013 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0014 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0013 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0014 ha per person | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0013 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0014 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0014 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0013 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0014 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0014 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0013 ha per person | -0.8% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 0.0013 ha per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0001 ha per person, 13.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 0.0013 ha per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0003 ha per person, 4.7× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Bahamas 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 | +233.8% | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person |
| 1997 | +117.3% | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person |
| 1999 | -53.7% | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person |
| 2002 | +31.8% | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0011 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0011 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
More agriculture & rural data for Bahamas
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0051 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 203.1 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4043 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1867 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Bahamas?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Bahamas was 0.0013 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0014 ha per person in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 ha per person in 1999.
- How does Bahamas rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Bahamas ranks 30th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bahamas 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.