Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Comoros
Comoros: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 1.25 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Comoros, 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 Comoros is 1.25 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Comoros peaked at 1.8 ha per square kilometre in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.4836 ha per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Comoros 7th out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Comoros, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4836 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.4836 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.4836 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.4836 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.5373 ha per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 0.5373 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.5373 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.5373 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.5373 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.5373 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.6179 ha per square kilometre | +15.0% |
| 1972 | 0.6448 ha per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 0.6717 ha per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 0.6985 ha per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 0.7254 ha per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 0.7523 ha per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 0.8598 ha per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 1978 | 0.9135 ha per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 0.9672 ha per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 0.9672 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1.02 ha per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 1.07 ha per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 1.13 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 0.7523 ha per square kilometre | -33.3% |
| 1985 | 0.7523 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.7415 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 1.18 ha per square kilometre | +59.4% |
| 1988 | 1.13 ha per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 1.13 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1.07 ha per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 1.1 ha per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 1.13 ha per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 1.13 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 1.15 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 1.16 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 1.18 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 1.18 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 1.21 ha per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 1.23 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 1.24 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 1.24 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1.26 ha per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 1.29 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 1.33 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 1.36 ha per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 1.5 ha per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 1.57 ha per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 1.62 ha per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 1.64 ha per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 1.65 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 1.66 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 1.61 ha per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 1.61 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.8 ha per square kilometre | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 1.75 ha per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 1.66 ha per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 1.57 ha per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 1.5 ha per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 1.44 ha per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 1.38 ha per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 1.3 ha per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 1.24 ha per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 1.25 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Comoros 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +59.4% | 0.7415 ha per square kilometre | 1.18 ha per square kilometre |
| 1984 | -33.3% | 1.13 ha per square kilometre | 0.7523 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5135 ha per square kilometre | 0.4836 ha per square kilometre | 0.5373 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7389 ha per square kilometre | 0.5373 ha per square kilometre | 0.9672 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9876 ha per square kilometre | 0.7415 ha per square kilometre | 1.18 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.15 ha per square kilometre | 1.07 ha per square kilometre | 1.23 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.4 ha per square kilometre | 1.24 ha per square kilometre | 1.64 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.63 ha per square kilometre | 1.44 ha per square kilometre | 1.8 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.29 ha per square kilometre | 1.24 ha per square kilometre | 1.38 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 751.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6606 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Comoros?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Comoros was 1.25 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8 ha per square kilometre in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4836 ha per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Comoros rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Comoros ranks 7th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.