Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Palestine
Palestine: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0123 ha per square kilometre in 2022. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Palestine, 1994–2022
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Palestine is 0.0123 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 46.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Palestine peaked at 0.0522 ha per square kilometre in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 ha per square kilometre, in 1994.
That places Palestine 63rd out of 99 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Palestine, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1996 | 0.0183 ha per square kilometre | +10900.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0309 ha per square kilometre | +69.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0271 ha per square kilometre | -12.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0277 ha per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0488 ha per square kilometre | +76.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0427 ha per square kilometre | -12.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0439 ha per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0299 ha per square kilometre | -31.8% |
| 2004 | 0.0304 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0301 ha per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0522 ha per square kilometre | +73.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0341 ha per square kilometre | -34.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0296 ha per square kilometre | -13.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0158 ha per square kilometre | -46.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0121 ha per square kilometre | -23.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0154 ha per square kilometre | +27.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0228 ha per square kilometre | +47.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0211 ha per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0194 ha per square kilometre | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0154 ha per square kilometre | -20.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0186 ha per square kilometre | +20.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0181 ha per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0179 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.015 ha per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0183 ha per square kilometre | +22.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0121 ha per square kilometre | -33.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0123 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
Palestine compared with similar countries
- Palestine's 0.0123 ha per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0781 ha per square kilometre, 16% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Palestine's 0.0123 ha per square kilometre is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0022 ha per square kilometre, 5.5× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Palestine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +10900.0% | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 0.0183 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0208 ha per square kilometre | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | 0.0309 ha per square kilometre | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.0357 ha per square kilometre | 0.0158 ha per square kilometre | 0.0522 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0176 ha per square kilometre | 0.0121 ha per square kilometre | 0.0228 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0142 ha per square kilometre | 0.0121 ha per square kilometre | 0.0183 ha per square kilometre | 3 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
- 60 Costa Rica 0.0131 ha per square kilometre compare
- 61 New Caledonia 0.013 ha per square kilometre compare
- 62 Senegal 0.0128 ha per square kilometre compare
- 64 Myanmar 0.0105 ha per square kilometre compare
- 65 Portugal 0.0104 ha per square kilometre compare
- 66 Egypt 0.0103 ha per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Palestine
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0552 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 167.17 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2685 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1262 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Palestine?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Palestine was 0.0123 ha per square kilometre in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0522 ha per square kilometre in 2006.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 ha per square kilometre in 1994.
- How does Palestine rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Palestine ranks 63rd out of 99 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine 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.