Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Uganda
Uganda: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 1.25 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Uganda, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 1.25 ha per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.0% on the previous year and down 44.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Uganda peaked at 3.01 ha per square kilometre in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.5305 ha per square kilometre, in 1967.
Uganda ranks 6th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.7057 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.7857 ha per square kilometre | +11.3% |
| 1963 | 0.8658 ha per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 1964 | 0.8708 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 0.8508 ha per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 0.7507 ha per square kilometre | -11.8% |
| 1967 | 0.5305 ha per square kilometre | -29.3% |
| 1968 | 0.5906 ha per square kilometre | +11.3% |
| 1969 | 1.35 ha per square kilometre | +128.8% |
| 1970 | 2.2 ha per square kilometre | +63.0% |
| 1971 | 2.48 ha per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 2.55 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 2 ha per square kilometre | -21.6% |
| 1974 | 2.53 ha per square kilometre | +26.5% |
| 1975 | 2.75 ha per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 1976 | 2.82 ha per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 2.34 ha per square kilometre | -17.1% |
| 1978 | 2.38 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 1.28 ha per square kilometre | -46.2% |
| 1980 | 1.16 ha per square kilometre | -9.8% |
| 1981 | 1.75 ha per square kilometre | +51.5% |
| 1982 | 1.86 ha per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 2.29 ha per square kilometre | +22.8% |
| 1984 | 1.94 ha per square kilometre | -15.3% |
| 1985 | 1.79 ha per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 1986 | 2.04 ha per square kilometre | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 1.99 ha per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 2.09 ha per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 2.03 ha per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 2.07 ha per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 2.13 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 2.21 ha per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 2.3 ha per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 2.37 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 2.47 ha per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 2.58 ha per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 2.65 ha per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 2.72 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 2.7 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 2.78 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 2.86 ha per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 2.95 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 2.98 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 3.01 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 2.95 ha per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 2.92 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 2.89 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 2.14 ha per square kilometre | -26.1% |
| 2009 | 2.32 ha per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 2.2 ha per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 2.24 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 2.25 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 2.25 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2.26 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 2.27 ha per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2.17 ha per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 2.24 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 1.74 ha per square kilometre | -22.4% |
| 2019 | 1.19 ha per square kilometre | -31.4% |
| 2020 | 1.26 ha per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 1.29 ha per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 1.54 ha per square kilometre | +19.8% |
| 2023 | 1.25 ha per square kilometre | -19.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +128.8% | 0.5906 ha per square kilometre | 1.35 ha per square kilometre |
| 1970 | +63.0% | 1.35 ha per square kilometre | 2.2 ha per square kilometre |
| 1981 | +51.5% | 1.16 ha per square kilometre | 1.75 ha per square kilometre |
| 1979 | -46.2% | 2.38 ha per square kilometre | 1.28 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8113 ha per square kilometre | 0.5305 ha per square kilometre | 1.35 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.33 ha per square kilometre | 1.28 ha per square kilometre | 2.82 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.89 ha per square kilometre | 1.16 ha per square kilometre | 2.29 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.42 ha per square kilometre | 2.07 ha per square kilometre | 2.72 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.78 ha per square kilometre | 2.14 ha per square kilometre | 3.01 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.08 ha per square kilometre | 1.19 ha per square kilometre | 2.27 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.33 ha per square kilometre | 1.25 ha per square kilometre | 1.54 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Uganda?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Uganda was 1.25 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 3.01 ha per square kilometre in 2004.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5305 ha per square kilometre in 1967.
- How does Uganda rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Uganda ranks 6th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.