Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Mali
Mali: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0301 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Mali, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Mali stood at 0.0301 ha per square kilometre.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.1% on the previous year and up 57.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Mali peaked at 0.0485 ha per square kilometre in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0015 ha per square kilometre, in 1980.
That places Mali 52nd out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Mali, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0034 ha per square kilometre | -8.9% |
| 1974 | 0.003 ha per square kilometre | -9.8% |
| 1975 | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | -8.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | -23.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | -11.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | -13.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +17.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0031 ha per square kilometre | +26.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | +16.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | +17.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | -15.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | +49.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | -57.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0068 ha per square kilometre | +180.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0081 ha per square kilometre | +19.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0122 ha per square kilometre | +49.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0128 ha per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0101 ha per square kilometre | -21.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0089 ha per square kilometre | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0119 ha per square kilometre | +33.6% |
| 2012 | 0.016 ha per square kilometre | +34.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0191 ha per square kilometre | +19.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0194 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0173 ha per square kilometre | -11.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0264 ha per square kilometre | +52.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0485 ha per square kilometre | +84.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0264 ha per square kilometre | -45.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0162 ha per square kilometre | -38.5% |
| 2020 | 0.032 ha per square kilometre | +97.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0275 ha per square kilometre | -14.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0249 ha per square kilometre | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0301 ha per square kilometre | +21.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +180.3% | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 0.0068 ha per square kilometre |
| 2020 | +97.4% | 0.0162 ha per square kilometre | 0.032 ha per square kilometre |
| 2017 | +84.0% | 0.0264 ha per square kilometre | 0.0485 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0071 ha per square kilometre | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 0.0128 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.021 ha per square kilometre | 0.0089 ha per square kilometre | 0.0485 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0286 ha per square kilometre | 0.0249 ha per square kilometre | 0.032 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mali
- 49 Burkina Faso 0.034 ha per square kilometre compare
- 50 Cambodia 0.0326 ha per square kilometre compare
- 51 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0314 ha per square kilometre compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Mali?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Mali was 0.0301 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0485 ha per square kilometre in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0015 ha per square kilometre in 1980.
- How does Mali rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Mali ranks 52nd out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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.