Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Haiti
Haiti: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0041 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Haiti, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Haiti recorded 0.0041 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
The figure is up 18.4% on the previous year and down 50.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Haiti peaked at 0.0145 ha per person in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.0026 ha per person, in 2020.
Haiti ranks 14th 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 Haiti, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0088 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0091 ha per person | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0095 ha per person | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0096 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0099 ha per person | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0102 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0105 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0112 ha per person | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0106 ha per person | -5.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0108 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 0.011 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 0.01 ha per person | -9.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0106 ha per person | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 0.011 ha per person | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0116 ha per person | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0117 ha per person | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0119 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0103 ha per person | -13.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0114 ha per person | +10.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0112 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0112 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0111 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0118 ha per person | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0115 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 0.0145 ha per person | +26.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0119 ha per person | -18.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0109 ha per person | -8.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0112 ha per person | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0101 ha per person | -10.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0092 ha per person | -9.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0094 ha per person | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0088 ha per person | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0084 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0081 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0081 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0079 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0067 ha per person | -14.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0072 ha per person | +6.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0071 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0072 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0068 ha per person | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0067 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0063 ha per person | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 0.006 ha per person | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0073 ha per person | +23.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0063 ha per person | -14.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0078 ha per person | +24.9% |
| 2008 | 0.008 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0077 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0092 ha per person | +18.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0093 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0095 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0065 ha per person | -31.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0082 ha per person | +27.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0063 ha per person | -24.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0047 ha per person | -25.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0035 ha per person | -24.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0061 ha per person | +73.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0038 ha per person | -37.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0026 ha per person | -30.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0028 ha per person | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 0.003 ha per person | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0034 ha per person | +14.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0041 ha per person | +18.4% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 0.0041 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0007 ha per person, 5.7× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 0.0041 ha per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0003 ha per person, 14.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Haiti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +73.5% | 0.0035 ha per person | 0.0061 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0099 ha per person | 0.0088 ha per person | 0.0112 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.011 ha per person | 0.01 ha per person | 0.0119 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0115 ha per person | 0.0101 ha per person | 0.0145 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0081 ha per person | 0.0067 ha per person | 0.0094 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.007 ha per person | 0.006 ha per person | 0.008 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0067 ha per person | 0.0035 ha per person | 0.0095 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0032 ha per person | 0.0026 ha per person | 0.0041 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
- 11 Angola 0.0053 ha per person compare
- 12 Madagascar 0.0047 ha per person compare
- 13 Uganda 0.0044 ha per person compare
- 15 Sierra Leone 0.0036 ha per person compare
- 16 Guinea-Bissau 0.0035 ha per person compare
- 17 Cuba 0.0033 ha per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Haiti
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1581 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 425.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1649 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4439 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Haiti?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Haiti was 0.0041 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0145 ha per person in 1985.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0026 ha per person in 2020.
- How does Haiti rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Haiti ranks 14th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Haiti 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.