Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.1705 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Antigua and Barbuda, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Antigua and Barbuda recorded 0.1705 ha per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 108.3% on the previous year and up 78.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 0.1705 ha per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0364 ha per square kilometre, in 2020.
That places Antigua and Barbuda 27th out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Antigua and Barbuda, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0682 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0682 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0682 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0682 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0682 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0682 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0682 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0682 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0682 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0705 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0727 ha per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 0.075 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0795 ha per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0409 ha per square kilometre | -48.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0864 ha per square kilometre | +111.1% |
| 1976 | 0.1023 ha per square kilometre | +18.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0409 ha per square kilometre | -60.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0909 ha per square kilometre | +122.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0841 ha per square kilometre | -7.5% |
| 1980 | 0.1227 ha per square kilometre | +45.9% |
| 1981 | 0.1318 ha per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0705 ha per square kilometre | -46.6% |
| 1983 | 0.1182 ha per square kilometre | +67.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0409 ha per square kilometre | -65.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0409 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0568 ha per square kilometre | +38.9% |
| 1987 | 0.0636 ha per square kilometre | +12.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0682 ha per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0636 ha per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0591 ha per square kilometre | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0636 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0568 ha per square kilometre | -10.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0568 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0568 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0545 ha per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0591 ha per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0591 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0591 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0591 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0568 ha per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0545 ha per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0636 ha per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0682 ha per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0795 ha per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0864 ha per square kilometre | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0909 ha per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0977 ha per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 0.1023 ha per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0977 ha per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0977 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0977 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0909 ha per square kilometre | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0955 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0977 ha per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0977 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0932 ha per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0818 ha per square kilometre | -12.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0659 ha per square kilometre | -19.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0568 ha per square kilometre | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0364 ha per square kilometre | -36.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1545 ha per square kilometre | +325.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0818 ha per square kilometre | -47.1% |
| 2023 | 0.1705 ha per square kilometre | +108.3% |
Antigua and Barbuda compared with similar countries
- Antigua and Barbuda's 0.1705 ha per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0058 ha per square kilometre, 29.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Antigua and Barbuda's 0.1705 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0216 ha per square kilometre, 7.9× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Antigua and Barbuda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +325.0% | 0.0364 ha per square kilometre | 0.1545 ha per square kilometre |
| 1978 | +122.2% | 0.0409 ha per square kilometre | 0.0909 ha per square kilometre |
| 1975 | +111.1% | 0.0409 ha per square kilometre | 0.0864 ha per square kilometre |
| 2023 | +108.3% | 0.0818 ha per square kilometre | 0.1705 ha per square kilometre |
| 1983 | +67.7% | 0.0705 ha per square kilometre | 0.1182 ha per square kilometre |
| 1984 | -65.4% | 0.1182 ha per square kilometre | 0.0409 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0682 ha per square kilometre | 0.0682 ha per square kilometre | 0.0682 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0743 ha per square kilometre | 0.0409 ha per square kilometre | 0.1023 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0777 ha per square kilometre | 0.0409 ha per square kilometre | 0.1318 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0584 ha per square kilometre | 0.0545 ha per square kilometre | 0.0636 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0798 ha per square kilometre | 0.0545 ha per square kilometre | 0.1023 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0875 ha per square kilometre | 0.0568 ha per square kilometre | 0.0977 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1108 ha per square kilometre | 0.0364 ha per square kilometre | 0.1705 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Antigua and Barbuda
- 24 Barbados 0.2326 ha per square kilometre compare
- 25 Bangladesh 0.2227 ha per square kilometre compare
- 26 Cameroon 0.1908 ha per square kilometre compare
- 28 Dominican Republic 0.1655 ha per square kilometre compare
- 29 Angola 0.1592 ha per square kilometre compare
- 30 Zambia 0.1293 ha per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2764 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0149 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.543 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7567 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Antigua and Barbuda was 0.1705 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1705 ha per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0364 ha per square kilometre in 2020.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 27th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.