Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in China
China: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.2474 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.2474 ha per square kilometre
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
22nd
of 99 countries
All-time high
1.16 ha per square kilometre
in 1962
All-time low
0.2429 ha per square kilometre
in 2019
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in China, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in China is 0.2474 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in China peaked at 1.16 ha per square kilometre in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.2429 ha per square kilometre, in 2019.
China ranks 22nd of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in China, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.16 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 1.16 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.9873 ha per square kilometre | -14.9% |
| 1964 | 1.05 ha per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 0.9845 ha per square kilometre | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 1.05 ha per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 0.9526 ha per square kilometre | -9.4% |
| 1968 | 0.9095 ha per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 0.9341 ha per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 0.9518 ha per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 0.9075 ha per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 0.9843 ha per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 1973 | 1.01 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 0.984 ha per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 0.9602 ha per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 0.9031 ha per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 0.9916 ha per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 1978 | 1.03 ha per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 0.9283 ha per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 1980 | 0.842 ha per square kilometre | -9.3% |
| 1981 | 0.7738 ha per square kilometre | -8.1% |
| 1982 | 0.7505 ha per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 0.7441 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.7028 ha per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 0.6516 ha per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 1986 | 0.6611 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 0.671 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.6733 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.6696 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.6716 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.6617 ha per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.667 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 0.6637 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.6468 ha per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 0.6493 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.6466 ha per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.6363 ha per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.6337 ha per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.6333 ha per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.6204 ha per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.5866 ha per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 0.5563 ha per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 0.5527 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.5186 ha per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 0.4934 ha per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 0.3913 ha per square kilometre | -20.7% |
| 2007 | 0.39 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.402 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.3465 ha per square kilometre | -13.8% |
| 2010 | 0.335 ha per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3191 ha per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 0.2982 ha per square kilometre | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 0.2888 ha per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2817 ha per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.2694 ha per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 0.2609 ha per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.2475 ha per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 0.2534 ha per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.2429 ha per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 0.248 ha per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.2481 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2463 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.2474 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 0.2474 ha per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0267 ha per square kilometre, 9.3× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- China's 0.2474 ha per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0356 ha per square kilometre, 6.9× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.02 ha per square kilometre | 0.9095 ha per square kilometre | 1.16 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.9649 ha per square kilometre | 0.9031 ha per square kilometre | 1.03 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.714 ha per square kilometre | 0.6516 ha per square kilometre | 0.842 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.651 ha per square kilometre | 0.6333 ha per square kilometre | 0.6716 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4858 ha per square kilometre | 0.3465 ha per square kilometre | 0.6204 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2797 ha per square kilometre | 0.2429 ha per square kilometre | 0.335 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2474 ha per square kilometre | 0.2463 ha per square kilometre | 0.2481 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 19 Jamaica 0.2837 ha per square kilometre compare
- 20 Solomon Islands 0.2786 ha per square kilometre compare
- 21 Madagascar 0.2613 ha per square kilometre compare
- 23 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.2462 ha per square kilometre compare
- 24 Barbados 0.2326 ha per square kilometre compare
- 25 Bangladesh 0.2227 ha per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in China?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in China was 0.2474 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1.16 ha per square kilometre in 1962.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2429 ha per square kilometre in 2019.
- How does China rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- China ranks 22nd out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China 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.