Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0101 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Equatorial Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 0.0101 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 0.0264 ha per person in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.0101 ha per person, in 2024.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 4th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0218 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0214 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 0.021 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0206 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0201 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0197 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0192 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0188 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0217 ha per person | +15.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0218 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0253 ha per person | +16.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0226 ha per person | -10.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0198 ha per person | -12.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0203 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0208 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0196 ha per person | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0199 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0199 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0179 ha per person | -10.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0173 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0165 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0186 ha per person | +12.9% |
| 1983 | 0.0175 ha per person | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0192 ha per person | +9.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0182 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0198 ha per person | +8.9% |
| 1987 | 0.0189 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0182 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0175 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0171 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0264 ha per person | +54.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0263 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0254 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0244 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0234 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0236 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.02 ha per person | -15.2% |
| 1998 | 0.018 ha per person | -10.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0176 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0172 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0171 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0169 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0166 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0164 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0166 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0164 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0164 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.016 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0155 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0149 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0145 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0139 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0134 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0125 ha per person | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0131 ha per person | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0126 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0122 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0116 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0111 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0108 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0107 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0105 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0103 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 0.0101 ha per person | -1.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Equatorial Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +54.8% | 0.0171 ha per person | 0.0264 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0205 ha per person | 0.0188 ha per person | 0.0218 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0208 ha per person | 0.0179 ha per person | 0.0253 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0182 ha per person | 0.0165 ha per person | 0.0198 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0222 ha per person | 0.0171 ha per person | 0.0264 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0165 ha per person | 0.0155 ha per person | 0.0172 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.013 ha per person | 0.0111 ha per person | 0.0149 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0105 ha per person | 0.0101 ha per person | 0.0108 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More agriculture & rural data for Equatorial Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0321 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 212.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 30.0% (1983)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (1983)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Equatorial Guinea?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Equatorial Guinea was 0.0101 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0264 ha per person in 1991.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0101 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 4th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.