Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Suriname
Suriname: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0001 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Suriname stood at 0.0001 ha per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Suriname peaked at 0.0004 ha per person in 1968 and was at its lowest, 0 ha per person, in 2009.
Suriname ranks 80th of 99 countries on this measure, 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 Suriname, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0002 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0002 ha per person | +21.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0001 ha per person | -20.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0001 ha per person | -21.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0001 ha per person | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0001 ha per person | -29.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0002 ha per person | +163.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0004 ha per person | +55.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0001 ha per person | -75.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0001 ha per person | -6.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0001 ha per person | -37.5% |
| 1972 | 0 ha per person | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0001 ha per person | +53.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0001 ha per person | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0001 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0001 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0001 ha per person | +17.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0001 ha per person | -33.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0001 ha per person | +18.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0001 ha per person | +11.8% |
| 1981 | 0.0001 ha per person | +26.6% |
| 1982 | 0 ha per person | -55.4% |
| 1983 | 0 ha per person | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0001 ha per person | +26.6% |
| 1985 | 0 ha per person | -48.5% |
| 1986 | 0 ha per person | -17.8% |
| 1987 | 0 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 0 ha per person | +38.1% |
| 1989 | 0 ha per person | -36.7% |
| 1990 | 0 ha per person | +65.0% |
| 1991 | 0 ha per person | -13.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0001 ha per person | +297.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0001 ha per person | +18.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0002 ha per person | +13.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0001 ha per person | -44.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0001 ha per person | -41.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0001 ha per person | +22.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0001 ha per person | +24.1% |
| 1999 | 0 ha per person | -58.8% |
| 2000 | 0 ha per person | -8.2% |
| 2001 | 0 ha per person | -15.1% |
| 2002 | 0 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 0 ha per person | +35.8% |
| 2004 | 0 ha per person | -12.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 ha per person | +203.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 ha per person | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 ha per person | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 0 ha per person | -83.1% |
| 2010 | 0 ha per person | +238.9% |
| 2011 | 0 ha per person | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 0 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 ha per person | +42.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 ha per person | +29.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 ha per person | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 ha per person | +30.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 ha per person | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0001 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 ha per person | +14.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 ha per person | -28.1% |
| 2021 | 0 ha per person | -69.0% |
| 2022 | 0 ha per person | +71.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 ha per person | +63.9% |
| 2024 | 0.0001 ha per person | -0.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +297.5% | 0 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person |
| 2010 | +238.9% | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person |
| 2005 | +203.1% | 0 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0 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 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Suriname?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Suriname was 0.0001 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0004 ha per person in 1968.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha per person in 2009.
- How does Suriname rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Suriname ranks 80th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Suriname 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.