Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Uganda
Uganda: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0044 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Uganda is 0.0044 ha per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 13.8% on the previous year and down 64.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Uganda peaked at 0.0469 ha per person in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.0044 ha per person, in 2024.
Uganda ranks 13th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0179 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0194 ha per person | +8.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0208 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0203 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0192 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0164 ha per person | -14.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0113 ha per person | -31.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0122 ha per person | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 0.027 ha per person | +121.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0426 ha per person | +58.1% |
| 1971 | 0.0466 ha per person | +9.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0468 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0359 ha per person | -23.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0443 ha per person | +23.4% |
| 1975 | 0.0469 ha per person | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0468 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0378 ha per person | -19.3% |
| 1978 | 0.0375 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0197 ha per person | -47.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0174 ha per person | -11.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0258 ha per person | +48.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0268 ha per person | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 0.0321 ha per person | +19.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0265 ha per person | -17.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0239 ha per person | -9.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0263 ha per person | +10.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0249 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0253 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0238 ha per person | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0235 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0234 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0235 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0237 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0235 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0239 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0243 ha per person | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0242 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0242 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0232 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0231 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0231 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0231 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0226 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0222 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0211 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0203 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0195 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 0.014 ha per person | -28.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0147 ha per person | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0136 ha per person | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0135 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0132 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0128 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0125 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0121 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0112 ha per person | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0112 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0084 ha per person | -25.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0056 ha per person | -33.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0057 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0056 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0065 ha per person | +16.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0051 ha per person | -21.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0044 ha per person | -13.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Uganda 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 | +121.8% | 0.0122 ha per person | 0.027 ha per person |
| 1970 | +58.1% | 0.027 ha per person | 0.0426 ha per person |
| 1981 | +48.4% | 0.0174 ha per person | 0.0258 ha per person |
| 1979 | -47.5% | 0.0375 ha per person | 0.0197 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0183 ha per person | 0.0113 ha per person | 0.027 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0405 ha per person | 0.0197 ha per person | 0.0469 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0253 ha per person | 0.0174 ha per person | 0.0321 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0237 ha per person | 0.0232 ha per person | 0.0243 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0204 ha per person | 0.014 ha per person | 0.0231 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0114 ha per person | 0.0056 ha per person | 0.0136 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0055 ha per person | 0.0044 ha per person | 0.0065 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 10 Guinea 0.0057 ha per person compare
- 11 Angola 0.0053 ha per person compare
- 12 Madagascar 0.0047 ha per person compare
- 14 Haiti 0.0041 ha per person compare
- 15 Sierra Leone 0.0036 ha per person compare
- 16 Guinea-Bissau 0.0035 ha per person compare
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Uganda?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Uganda was 0.0044 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0469 ha per person in 1975.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0044 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Uganda rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Uganda ranks 13th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.