Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.013 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in New Caledonia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in New Caledonia stood at 0.013 ha per square kilometre.
The figure is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 40.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in New Caledonia peaked at 0.0492 ha per square kilometre in 1966 and was at its lowest, 0.0058 ha per square kilometre, in 2001.
That places New Caledonia 61st 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 New Caledonia, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0328 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0328 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0328 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0328 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0328 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0492 ha per square kilometre | +50.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0345 ha per square kilometre | -30.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0345 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0345 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0356 ha per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0356 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0356 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0356 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0383 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0383 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0383 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0388 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 0.0394 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0399 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0399 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.041 ha per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 0.0416 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0421 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0421 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0421 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0421 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0421 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0416 ha per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.041 ha per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0405 ha per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0383 ha per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0362 ha per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0333 ha per square kilometre | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0296 ha per square kilometre | -11.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0254 ha per square kilometre | -14.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0207 ha per square kilometre | -18.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0138 ha per square kilometre | -33.2% |
| 1998 | 0.012 ha per square kilometre | -13.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0091 ha per square kilometre | -24.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0073 ha per square kilometre | -19.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | -20.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0107 ha per square kilometre | +84.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0178 ha per square kilometre | +65.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0352 ha per square kilometre | +97.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0373 ha per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0332 ha per square kilometre | -11.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0325 ha per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.043 ha per square kilometre | +32.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0325 ha per square kilometre | -24.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0492 ha per square kilometre | +51.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0219 ha per square kilometre | -55.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0164 ha per square kilometre | -25.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0219 ha per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0274 ha per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0274 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0219 ha per square kilometre | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0162 ha per square kilometre | -25.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0192 ha per square kilometre | +18.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0167 ha per square kilometre | -13.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0177 ha per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0149 ha per square kilometre | -15.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0141 ha per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 0.013 ha per square kilometre | -7.4% |
New Caledonia compared with similar countries
- New Caledonia's 0.013 ha per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0058 ha per square kilometre, 2.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- New Caledonia's 0.013 ha per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0356 ha per square kilometre, 37% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in New Caledonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +97.8% | 0.0178 ha per square kilometre | 0.0352 ha per square kilometre |
| 2002 | +84.9% | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | 0.0107 ha per square kilometre |
| 2003 | +65.8% | 0.0107 ha per square kilometre | 0.0178 ha per square kilometre |
| 2011 | -55.6% | 0.0492 ha per square kilometre | 0.0219 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0352 ha per square kilometre | 0.0328 ha per square kilometre | 0.0492 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0375 ha per square kilometre | 0.0356 ha per square kilometre | 0.0399 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0416 ha per square kilometre | 0.0399 ha per square kilometre | 0.0421 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0259 ha per square kilometre | 0.0091 ha per square kilometre | 0.0405 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0255 ha per square kilometre | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | 0.043 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0238 ha per square kilometre | 0.0162 ha per square kilometre | 0.0492 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0149 ha per square kilometre | 0.013 ha per square kilometre | 0.0177 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Caledonia
- 58 Paraguay 0.0137 ha per square kilometre compare
- 59 Peru 0.0131 ha per square kilometre compare
- 60 Costa Rica 0.0131 ha per square kilometre compare
- 62 Senegal 0.0128 ha per square kilometre compare
- 63 Palestine 0.0123 ha per square kilometre compare
- 64 Myanmar 0.0105 ha per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.8 % change on previous year (2017)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0179 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 596.77 current US$ per person (2019)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2271 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3183 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2019)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in New Caledonia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in New Caledonia was 0.013 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0492 ha per square kilometre in 1966.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0058 ha per square kilometre in 2001.
- How does New Caledonia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- New Caledonia ranks 61st out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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.