Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Liberia
Liberia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0004 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Liberia is 0.0004 ha per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Liberia peaked at 0.0009 ha per person in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.0004 ha per person, in 2024.
Liberia ranks 49th of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Liberia, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0007 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0007 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0007 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0006 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0006 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0008 ha per person | +34.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0009 ha per person | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0009 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0008 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0008 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0009 ha per person | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0008 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0008 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0009 ha per person | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0009 ha per person | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0009 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0008 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0008 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0008 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0008 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0008 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0008 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0008 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0007 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0007 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0007 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0007 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 0.0007 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0007 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0007 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0008 ha per person | +18.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0008 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0008 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0008 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0008 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0008 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0007 ha per person | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0007 ha per person | -8.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0006 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0006 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0006 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0006 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0006 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0006 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0006 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0006 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0006 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0005 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0005 ha per person | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0005 ha per person | -8.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0005 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0005 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0005 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0005 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0005 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0004 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0004 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Liberia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +34.1% | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 46 Honduras 0.0004 ha per person compare
- 47 Burkina Faso 0.0004 ha per person compare
- 48 South Africa 0.0004 ha per person compare
- 50 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0003 ha per person compare
- 51 Cambodia 0.0003 ha per person compare
- 52 Ethiopia 0.0003 ha per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Liberia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Liberia was 0.0004 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0009 ha per person in 1975.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0004 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Liberia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Liberia ranks 49th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia 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.