Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Somalia
Somalia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 0 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Somalia peaked at 0.0001 ha per person in 1969 and was at its lowest, 0 ha per person, in 2024.
Somalia ranks 81st of 99 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0001 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1965 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0001 ha per person | +46.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0001 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0001 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0001 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0001 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0001 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0001 ha per person | -11.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0001 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0001 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0001 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0001 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0001 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0001 ha per person | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0001 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0001 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0001 ha per person | -8.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0001 ha per person | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0001 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0001 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0001 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0001 ha per person | +13.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0001 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0001 ha per person | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0001 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 ha per person | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 ha per person | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 ha per person | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0001 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 0 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 0 ha per person | -3.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +46.1% | 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 | 0.0001 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Somalia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Somalia was 0 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0001 ha per person in 1969.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Somalia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Somalia ranks 81st out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.