Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Italy
Italy: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0 ha per person in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Italy, 1961–2017
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2017, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Italy stood at 0 ha per person.
That represents a change of down 37.7% on the previous year and down 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Italy peaked at 0 ha per person in 1967 and was at its lowest, 0 ha per person, in 2012.
That places Italy 92nd out of 99 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Italy, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 0 ha per person | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 0 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 0 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 0 ha per person | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 0 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 0 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 1969 | 0 ha per person | -16.3% |
| 1970 | 0 ha per person | -8.9% |
| 1971 | 0 ha per person | -8.7% |
| 1972 | 0 ha per person | -10.1% |
| 1973 | 0 ha per person | -12.7% |
| 1974 | 0 ha per person | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 0 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 0 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 0 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 1978 | 0 ha per person | -13.9% |
| 1979 | 0 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 0 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 0 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 0 ha per person | -8.9% |
| 1983 | 0 ha per person | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 0 ha per person | -10.8% |
| 1985 | 0 ha per person | -10.5% |
| 1986 | 0 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 0 ha per person | -14.8% |
| 1988 | 0 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 0 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 0 ha per person | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 0 ha per person | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 0 ha per person | +19.5% |
| 1993 | 0 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 0 ha per person | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 0 ha per person | -17.1% |
| 1996 | 0 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0 ha per person | +6.8% |
| 1998 | 0 ha per person | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 0 ha per person | +82.1% |
| 2000 | 0 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 0 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 0 ha per person | +11.8% |
| 2003 | 0 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 0 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 0 ha per person | -69.8% |
| 2008 | 0 ha per person | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 0 ha per person | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 0 ha per person | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 0 ha per person | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 0 ha per person | -48.5% |
| 2013 | 0 ha per person | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 0 ha per person | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 0 ha per person | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 0 ha per person | +76.6% |
| 2017 | 0 ha per person | -37.7% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 0 ha per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0001 ha per person, 6% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +82.1% | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person |
| 2016 | +76.6% | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person |
| 2007 | -69.8% | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 8 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Italy?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Italy was 0 ha per person in 2017, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 0 ha per person in 1967.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha per person in 2012.
- How does Italy rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Italy ranks 92nd out of 99 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy 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.