Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in New Zealand
New Zealand: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0002 ha per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in New Zealand stood at 0.0002 ha per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in New Zealand peaked at 0.0004 ha per person in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 ha per person, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 59th of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0001 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0001 ha per person | +9.7% |
| 1963 | 0.0001 ha per person | +8.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0001 ha per person | +78.9% |
| 1966 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0001 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0002 ha per person | +18.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0002 ha per person | -8.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0001 ha per person | -7.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0002 ha per person | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0002 ha per person | +7.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0002 ha per person | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0001 ha per person | -16.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0002 ha per person | +15.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0002 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0003 ha per person | +85.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0003 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0002 ha per person | -29.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0002 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0001 ha per person | -36.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0001 ha per person | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0002 ha per person | +14.9% |
| 1985 | 0.0002 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0001 ha per person | -10.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0002 ha per person | +36.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0002 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0002 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0002 ha per person | +20.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0003 ha per person | +28.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0002 ha per person | -23.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0002 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0003 ha per person | +21.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0003 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0003 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0003 ha per person | -9.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0003 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0003 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0003 ha per person | +20.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0003 ha per person | -9.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0002 ha per person | -11.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0003 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0003 ha per person | +14.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0004 ha per person | +20.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0003 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0003 ha per person | -10.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0003 ha per person | -13.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0002 ha per person | -6.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0003 ha per person | +16.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0003 ha per person | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0003 ha per person | -11.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0003 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0003 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0003 ha per person | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0003 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0002 ha per person | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0002 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0002 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0002 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0002 ha per person | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0002 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0002 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0002 ha per person | -1.7% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 0.0002 ha per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0001 ha per person, 2.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 0.0002 ha per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0003 ha per person, 79% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in New Zealand 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 | +85.7% | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person |
| 1965 | +78.9% | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.16 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in New Zealand?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in New Zealand was 0.0002 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0004 ha per person in 2005.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 ha per person in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- New Zealand ranks 59th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.