Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Cuba
Cuba: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.3819 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.3819 ha per square kilometre
Change on year
up 22.7%
World rank
13th
of 99 countries
All-time high
0.7496 ha per square kilometre
in 2010
All-time low
0.298 ha per square kilometre
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Cuba, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 0.3819 ha per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.
That represents a change of up 22.7% on the previous year and down 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Cuba peaked at 0.7496 ha per square kilometre in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.298 ha per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Cuba 13th out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.298 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.4283 ha per square kilometre | +43.7% |
| 1963 | 0.5121 ha per square kilometre | +19.6% |
| 1964 | 0.5587 ha per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 0.5587 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.5587 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.5587 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.5773 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 0.5773 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.5866 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 0.5866 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.5866 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.5866 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.5959 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.6052 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.6145 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 0.6238 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.6983 ha per square kilometre | +11.9% |
| 1979 | 0.6797 ha per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 0.4683 ha per square kilometre | -31.1% |
| 1981 | 0.419 ha per square kilometre | -10.5% |
| 1982 | 0.486 ha per square kilometre | +16.0% |
| 1983 | 0.4404 ha per square kilometre | -9.4% |
| 1984 | 0.3352 ha per square kilometre | -23.9% |
| 1985 | 0.3873 ha per square kilometre | +15.6% |
| 1986 | 0.3426 ha per square kilometre | -11.5% |
| 1987 | 0.4367 ha per square kilometre | +27.4% |
| 1988 | 0.4441 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 0.4972 ha per square kilometre | +11.9% |
| 1990 | 0.5028 ha per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 0.5144 ha per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 0.7494 ha per square kilometre | +45.7% |
| 1993 | 0.5911 ha per square kilometre | -21.1% |
| 1994 | 0.6768 ha per square kilometre | +14.5% |
| 1995 | 0.6324 ha per square kilometre | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 0.5896 ha per square kilometre | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 0.5838 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.6462 ha per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 1999 | 0.4942 ha per square kilometre | -23.5% |
| 2000 | 0.4999 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.5625 ha per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 2002 | 0.6039 ha per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 0.6668 ha per square kilometre | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 0.6858 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.6976 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4428 ha per square kilometre | -36.5% |
| 2007 | 0.6049 ha per square kilometre | +36.6% |
| 2008 | 0.5537 ha per square kilometre | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 0.7375 ha per square kilometre | +33.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7496 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.4271 ha per square kilometre | -43.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4456 ha per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4632 ha per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 0.3911 ha per square kilometre | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 0.5349 ha per square kilometre | +36.8% |
| 2016 | 0.524 ha per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4587 ha per square kilometre | -12.4% |
| 2018 | 0.5302 ha per square kilometre | +15.6% |
| 2019 | 0.4102 ha per square kilometre | -22.6% |
| 2020 | 0.3223 ha per square kilometre | -21.4% |
| 2021 | 0.3569 ha per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3114 ha per square kilometre | -12.8% |
| 2023 | 0.3819 ha per square kilometre | +22.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5142 ha per square kilometre | 0.298 ha per square kilometre | 0.5773 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6164 ha per square kilometre | 0.5866 ha per square kilometre | 0.6983 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4257 ha per square kilometre | 0.3352 ha per square kilometre | 0.4972 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5981 ha per square kilometre | 0.4942 ha per square kilometre | 0.7494 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6055 ha per square kilometre | 0.4428 ha per square kilometre | 0.7375 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4935 ha per square kilometre | 0.3911 ha per square kilometre | 0.7496 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3431 ha per square kilometre | 0.3114 ha per square kilometre | 0.3819 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 10 Equatorial Guinea 0.6797 ha per square kilometre compare
- 11 Dominica 0.5227 ha per square kilometre compare
- 12 Sierra Leone 0.4674 ha per square kilometre compare
- 14 Ghana 0.3467 ha per square kilometre compare
- 15 Papua New Guinea 0.3162 ha per square kilometre compare
- 16 Philippines 0.3043 ha per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Cuba?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Cuba was 0.3819 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7496 ha per square kilometre in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.298 ha per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Cuba rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Cuba ranks 13th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba 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.