Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in New Zealand
New Zealand: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0046 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in New Zealand stood at 0.0046 ha per square kilometre.
The figure is down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in New Zealand peaked at 0.0056 ha per square kilometre in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.0006 ha per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 76th out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0006 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | +81.9% |
| 1966 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | +19.9% |
| 1970 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | -6.5% |
| 1972 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | -15.2% |
| 1976 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | +17.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | +85.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | -29.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0025 ha per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | -36.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +15.9% |
| 1985 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | -10.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +37.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 0.003 ha per square kilometre | +21.9% |
| 1991 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | +35.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0031 ha per square kilometre | -22.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0032 ha per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | +22.7% |
| 1995 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | +21.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | +15.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | +21.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0053 ha per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0048 ha per square kilometre | -9.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | -13.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | +17.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0053 ha per square kilometre | +13.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | -11.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0048 ha per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.005 ha per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 0.0046 ha per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0058 ha per square kilometre, 80% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 0.0046 ha per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0356 ha per square kilometre, 13% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in New Zealand 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 | +85.8% | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre |
| 1965 | +81.9% | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 0.0006 ha per square kilometre | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | 0.003 ha per square kilometre | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | 0.0053 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 73 El Salvador 0.0064 ha per square kilometre compare
- 74 Guatemala 0.006 ha per square kilometre compare
- 75 Malaysia 0.0051 ha per square kilometre compare
- 77 Spain 0.0043 ha per square kilometre compare
- 78 Congo 0.0039 ha per square kilometre compare
- 79 Argentina 0.0034 ha per square kilometre compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.16 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in New Zealand?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in New Zealand was 0.0046 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0056 ha per square kilometre in 2005.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0006 ha per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- New Zealand ranks 76th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.