Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Liberia
Liberia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0227 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Liberia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Liberia stood at 0.0227 ha per square kilometre.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Liberia peaked at 0.0229 ha per square kilometre in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0083 ha per square kilometre, in 1961.
Liberia ranks 56th of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Liberia, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0083 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0083 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0083 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0083 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0083 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0114 ha per square kilometre | +37.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0125 ha per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0125 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0125 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0125 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0135 ha per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0135 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0135 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0145 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0156 ha per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0156 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0156 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0156 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0156 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0156 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0156 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0161 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0166 ha per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0166 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0171 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0176 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0176 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0176 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0176 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0156 ha per square kilometre | -11.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0162 ha per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0166 ha per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 0.017 ha per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0176 ha per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0176 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0179 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0181 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0184 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0187 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0189 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0192 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0195 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0197 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.02 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0203 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0208 ha per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.021 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0218 ha per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0209 ha per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0197 ha per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0213 ha per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0213 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0223 ha per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0221 ha per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0219 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0219 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0221 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0223 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0226 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0229 ha per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0227 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0226 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0227 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 0.0227 ha per square kilometre is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.0414 ha per square kilometre, 55% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 0.0227 ha per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0885 ha per square kilometre, 26% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Liberia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +37.5% | 0.0083 ha per square kilometre | 0.0114 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.01 ha per square kilometre | 0.0083 ha per square kilometre | 0.0125 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0145 ha per square kilometre | 0.0125 ha per square kilometre | 0.0156 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0168 ha per square kilometre | 0.0156 ha per square kilometre | 0.0176 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0174 ha per square kilometre | 0.0156 ha per square kilometre | 0.0187 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0202 ha per square kilometre | 0.0189 ha per square kilometre | 0.0218 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0218 ha per square kilometre | 0.0197 ha per square kilometre | 0.0226 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0227 ha per square kilometre | 0.0226 ha per square kilometre | 0.0229 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 53 Saint Lucia 0.0295 ha per square kilometre compare
- 54 Chad 0.0256 ha per square kilometre compare
- 55 South Africa 0.0238 ha per square kilometre compare
- 57 Sudan 0.0194 ha per square kilometre compare
- 58 Paraguay 0.0137 ha per square kilometre compare
- 59 Peru 0.0131 ha per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Liberia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Liberia was 0.0227 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0229 ha per square kilometre in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0083 ha per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Liberia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Liberia ranks 56th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.