Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.6797 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Equatorial Guinea, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Equatorial Guinea stood at 0.6797 ha per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 0.6797 ha per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1783 ha per square kilometre, in 1979.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 10th of 99 countries on this measure, 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 Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2139 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.2139 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.2139 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.2139 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.2139 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.2139 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.2139 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.2139 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.2496 ha per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 0.2496 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.2852 ha per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 0.2496 ha per square kilometre | -12.5% |
| 1973 | 0.2139 ha per square kilometre | -14.3% |
| 1974 | 0.2139 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.2139 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.1961 ha per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 1977 | 0.1961 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.1961 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.1783 ha per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 1980 | 0.1783 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.1783 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2139 ha per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 1983 | 0.2139 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.2496 ha per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 1985 | 0.2496 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.2852 ha per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 0.2852 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.2852 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.2852 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.2885 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.4635 ha per square kilometre | +60.6% |
| 1992 | 0.4796 ha per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 0.4807 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0.4783 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.4757 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.4991 ha per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 0.4401 ha per square kilometre | -11.8% |
| 1998 | 0.4111 ha per square kilometre | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 0.4184 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.4321 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 0.4577 ha per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 0.4811 ha per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 0.5024 ha per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 0.5258 ha per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5602 ha per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 0.5806 ha per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 0.607 ha per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 0.6186 ha per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.6268 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6333 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.6417 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.6417 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.6417 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6249 ha per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6782 ha per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6792 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.677 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.6668 ha per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.6613 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.6579 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.6707 ha per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 0.6766 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.6797 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Equatorial Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +60.6% | 0.2885 ha per square kilometre | 0.4635 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2179 ha per square kilometre | 0.2139 ha per square kilometre | 0.2496 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2193 ha per square kilometre | 0.1783 ha per square kilometre | 0.2852 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2424 ha per square kilometre | 0.1783 ha per square kilometre | 0.2852 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4435 ha per square kilometre | 0.2885 ha per square kilometre | 0.4991 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5392 ha per square kilometre | 0.4321 ha per square kilometre | 0.6268 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6546 ha per square kilometre | 0.6249 ha per square kilometre | 0.6792 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6712 ha per square kilometre | 0.6579 ha per square kilometre | 0.6797 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More agriculture & rural data for Equatorial Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0321 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 212.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 30.0% (1983)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (1983)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Equatorial Guinea?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Equatorial Guinea was 0.6797 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6797 ha per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1783 ha per square kilometre in 1979.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 10th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.