Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Cuba
Cuba: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0033 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 0.0033 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.8% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Cuba peaked at 0.0077 ha per person in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0.0029 ha per person, in 2022.
Cuba ranks 17th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0043 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0061 ha per person | +40.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0071 ha per person | +17.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0076 ha per person | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0075 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0073 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0072 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 0.0073 ha per person | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0072 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0071 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 0.007 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0069 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0068 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0068 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0069 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0069 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0069 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0077 ha per person | +11.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0075 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0051 ha per person | -31.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0046 ha per person | -10.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0053 ha per person | +15.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0047 ha per person | -10.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0036 ha per person | -24.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0041 ha per person | +14.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0036 ha per person | -12.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0045 ha per person | +26.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0046 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0051 ha per person | +10.9% |
| 1990 | 0.0051 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0052 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0075 ha per person | +44.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0059 ha per person | -21.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0067 ha per person | +14.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0062 ha per person | -6.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0058 ha per person | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0057 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0063 ha per person | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0048 ha per person | -23.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0048 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0054 ha per person | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0057 ha per person | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0063 ha per person | +10.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0065 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0066 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0042 ha per person | -36.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0057 ha per person | +36.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0052 ha per person | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0069 ha per person | +33.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0071 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 0.004 ha per person | -42.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0042 ha per person | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0043 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0036 ha per person | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0049 ha per person | +37.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0048 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0042 ha per person | -12.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0049 ha per person | +15.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0038 ha per person | -22.5% |
| 2020 | 0.003 ha per person | -21.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0033 ha per person | +11.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0029 ha per person | -12.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0036 ha per person | +23.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0033 ha per person | -7.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0068 ha per person | 0.0043 ha per person | 0.0076 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0071 ha per person | 0.0068 ha per person | 0.0077 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0045 ha per person | 0.0036 ha per person | 0.0053 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0059 ha per person | 0.0048 ha per person | 0.0075 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0057 ha per person | 0.0042 ha per person | 0.0069 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0046 ha per person | 0.0036 ha per person | 0.0071 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0032 ha per person | 0.0029 ha per person | 0.0036 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 14 Haiti 0.0041 ha per person compare
- 15 Sierra Leone 0.0036 ha per person compare
- 16 Guinea-Bissau 0.0035 ha per person compare
- 18 Cameroon 0.0032 ha per person compare
- 19 Mozambique 0.0029 ha per person compare
- 20 Comoros 0.0026 ha per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Cuba?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Cuba was 0.0033 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0077 ha per person in 1978.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0029 ha per person in 2022.
- How does Cuba rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Cuba ranks 17th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba 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.