Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in World
World: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0009 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in World, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in World stood at 0.0009 ha per person. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in World peaked at 0.0044 ha per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.0009 ha per person, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in World, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0044 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0044 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0038 ha per person | -14.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0039 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 0.0036 ha per person | -8.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0037 ha per person | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0033 ha per person | -9.7% |
| 1968 | 0.0032 ha per person | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0032 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0032 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 0.003 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0031 ha per person | +4.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0031 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.003 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 0.003 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0028 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0029 ha per person | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 0.003 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0027 ha per person | -10.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0024 ha per person | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0022 ha per person | -7.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0021 ha per person | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0021 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0019 ha per person | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0019 ha per person | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0018 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0018 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0018 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0017 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0017 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0017 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0017 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0017 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0016 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0016 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0016 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0016 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0015 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 0.0016 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0016 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0016 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0015 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0014 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0014 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0014 ha per person | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0012 ha per person | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0012 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0011 ha per person | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0011 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0011 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0011 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0011 ha per person | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0011 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0011 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.001 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.001 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.001 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.001 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0009 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0009 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0009 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0009 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0009 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0009 ha per person | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0037 ha per person | 0.0032 ha per person | 0.0044 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.003 ha per person | 0.0027 ha per person | 0.0032 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.002 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0024 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0015 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0011 ha per person | 0.0016 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.001 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0011 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Malawi 0.0145 ha per person compare
- 2 Papua New Guinea 0.0135 ha per person compare
- 3 Rwanda 0.0126 ha per person compare
- 4 Equatorial Guinea 0.0101 ha per person compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in World?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in World was 0.0009 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0044 ha per person in 1962.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0009 ha per person in 2024.
- How does World rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- World ranks 1st out of 1 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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)
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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.