Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Philippines
Philippines: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.3043 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Philippines, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 0.3043 ha per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.
The figure is up 9.5% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Philippines peaked at 0.7981 ha per square kilometre in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.278 ha per square kilometre, in 2022.
That places Philippines 16th out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Philippines, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4896 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.4529 ha per square kilometre | -7.5% |
| 1963 | 0.5416 ha per square kilometre | +19.6% |
| 1964 | 0.5297 ha per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 0.4898 ha per square kilometre | -7.5% |
| 1966 | 0.467 ha per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 0.4409 ha per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 0.4419 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 0.4516 ha per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 0.4514 ha per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.4302 ha per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 0.4674 ha per square kilometre | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 0.4838 ha per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 0.607 ha per square kilometre | +25.5% |
| 1975 | 0.6564 ha per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1976 | 0.6998 ha per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 0.7436 ha per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 1978 | 0.7633 ha per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.7981 ha per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 0.7911 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.6 ha per square kilometre | -24.2% |
| 1982 | 0.5837 ha per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 0.5049 ha per square kilometre | -13.5% |
| 1984 | 0.502 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 0.5037 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.5204 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 0.5018 ha per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 0.4834 ha per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 0.4639 ha per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 0.4585 ha per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.4574 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.4718 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 0.4915 ha per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 0.49 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.4871 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.4729 ha per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 0.4752 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.4373 ha per square kilometre | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 0.4439 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.4282 ha per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 0.418 ha per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.4108 ha per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.41 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.4042 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.4046 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.3985 ha per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3944 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3906 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3836 ha per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.367 ha per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3478 ha per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 0.339 ha per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.3181 ha per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2984 ha per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2879 ha per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 0.2842 ha per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.285 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.2819 ha per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2795 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.2807 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.2794 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.278 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.3043 ha per square kilometre | +9.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Philippines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +25.5% | 0.4838 ha per square kilometre | 0.607 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4783 ha per square kilometre | 0.4409 ha per square kilometre | 0.5416 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6101 ha per square kilometre | 0.4302 ha per square kilometre | 0.7981 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5455 ha per square kilometre | 0.4639 ha per square kilometre | 0.7911 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4686 ha per square kilometre | 0.4373 ha per square kilometre | 0.4915 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4043 ha per square kilometre | 0.3836 ha per square kilometre | 0.4282 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3089 ha per square kilometre | 0.2795 ha per square kilometre | 0.367 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2856 ha per square kilometre | 0.278 ha per square kilometre | 0.3043 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
- 13 Cuba 0.3819 ha per square kilometre compare
- 14 Ghana 0.3467 ha per square kilometre compare
- 15 Papua New Guinea 0.3162 ha per square kilometre compare
- 17 Guinea 0.3006 ha per square kilometre compare
- 18 Guinea-Bissau 0.2953 ha per square kilometre compare
- 19 Jamaica 0.2837 ha per square kilometre compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Philippines?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Philippines was 0.3043 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7981 ha per square kilometre in 1979.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.278 ha per square kilometre in 2022.
- How does Philippines rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Philippines ranks 16th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Philippines 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.