Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Eswatini
Eswatini: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0881 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Eswatini, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Eswatini stood at 0.0881 ha per square kilometre.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Eswatini peaked at 0.2907 ha per square kilometre in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.0282 ha per square kilometre, in 1983.
That places Eswatini 35th out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0895 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.093 ha per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 0.093 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.1047 ha per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 0.1047 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.1047 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.1047 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.1105 ha per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 0.1163 ha per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 0.1163 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.1047 ha per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 1972 | 0.1047 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0698 ha per square kilometre | -33.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0872 ha per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0868 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.1048 ha per square kilometre | +20.8% |
| 1977 | 0.032 ha per square kilometre | -69.5% |
| 1978 | 0.2616 ha per square kilometre | +718.2% |
| 1979 | 0.2907 ha per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 0.2442 ha per square kilometre | -16.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0618 ha per square kilometre | -74.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0529 ha per square kilometre | -14.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0282 ha per square kilometre | -46.7% |
| 1984 | 0.1055 ha per square kilometre | +274.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0574 ha per square kilometre | -45.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0581 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0581 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0996 ha per square kilometre | +71.3% |
| 1989 | 0.1422 ha per square kilometre | +42.7% |
| 1990 | 0.141 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.1163 ha per square kilometre | -17.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0872 ha per square kilometre | -25.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0756 ha per square kilometre | -13.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0773 ha per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0766 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0772 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0785 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0756 ha per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0735 ha per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0756 ha per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0785 ha per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0786 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0814 ha per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0797 ha per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0843 ha per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0756 ha per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0777 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0778 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.079 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0814 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0787 ha per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0756 ha per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0756 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0756 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0769 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0787 ha per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0791 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0787 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.1067 ha per square kilometre | +35.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0881 ha per square kilometre | -17.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0865 ha per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0878 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0881 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +718.2% | 0.032 ha per square kilometre | 0.2616 ha per square kilometre |
| 1984 | +274.0% | 0.0282 ha per square kilometre | 0.1055 ha per square kilometre |
| 1981 | -74.7% | 0.2442 ha per square kilometre | 0.0618 ha per square kilometre |
| 1988 | +71.3% | 0.0581 ha per square kilometre | 0.0996 ha per square kilometre |
| 1977 | -69.5% | 0.1048 ha per square kilometre | 0.032 ha per square kilometre |
| 1983 | -46.7% | 0.0529 ha per square kilometre | 0.0282 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1023 ha per square kilometre | 0.0895 ha per square kilometre | 0.1163 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1258 ha per square kilometre | 0.032 ha per square kilometre | 0.2907 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0908 ha per square kilometre | 0.0282 ha per square kilometre | 0.2442 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0879 ha per square kilometre | 0.0735 ha per square kilometre | 0.141 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0788 ha per square kilometre | 0.0756 ha per square kilometre | 0.0843 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0807 ha per square kilometre | 0.0756 ha per square kilometre | 0.1067 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0877 ha per square kilometre | 0.0865 ha per square kilometre | 0.0881 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Eswatini?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Eswatini was 0.0881 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2907 ha per square kilometre in 1979.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0282 ha per square kilometre in 1983.
- How does Eswatini rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Eswatini ranks 35th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.