Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Eswatini
Eswatini: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0012 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Eswatini is 0.0012 ha per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Eswatini peaked at 0.0087 ha per person in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.0007 ha per person, in 1983.
Eswatini ranks 32nd 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0044 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0044 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0043 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0048 ha per person | +9.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0046 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0045 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0044 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0045 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0047 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0045 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 0.004 ha per person | -12.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0039 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0025 ha per person | -35.2% |
| 1974 | 0.003 ha per person | +21.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0029 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0034 ha per person | +17.2% |
| 1977 | 0.001 ha per person | -70.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0081 ha per person | +691.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0087 ha per person | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 0.007 ha per person | -18.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0017 ha per person | -75.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0014 ha per person | -17.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0007 ha per person | -48.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0027 ha per person | +262.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0014 ha per person | -47.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0014 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0013 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0021 ha per person | +63.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0029 ha per person | +36.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0028 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0022 ha per person | -20.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0016 ha per person | -27.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0013 ha per person | -15.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0014 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0014 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0013 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0013 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0013 ha per person | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0012 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0012 ha per person | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0013 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0013 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0013 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0013 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0013 ha per person | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0012 ha per person | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0012 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0012 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0012 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0013 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0012 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0012 ha per person | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0012 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0011 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0012 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0012 ha per person | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0012 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0012 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0016 ha per person | +34.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0013 ha per person | -18.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0012 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0012 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0012 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0012 ha per person | -1.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +691.7% | 0.001 ha per person | 0.0081 ha per person |
| 1984 | +262.0% | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.0027 ha per person |
| 1981 | -75.5% | 0.007 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person |
| 1977 | -70.5% | 0.0034 ha per person | 0.001 ha per person |
| 1988 | +63.6% | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0021 ha per person |
| 1983 | -48.4% | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0045 ha per person | 0.0043 ha per person | 0.0048 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0042 ha per person | 0.001 ha per person | 0.0087 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0023 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.007 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0028 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0011 ha per person | 0.0016 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0012 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Eswatini?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Eswatini was 0.0012 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0087 ha per person in 1979.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0007 ha per person in 1983.
- How does Eswatini rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Eswatini ranks 32nd out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.