Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in World
World: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0553 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in World, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in World is 0.0553 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in World peaked at 0.1308 ha per square kilometre in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.0551 ha per square kilometre, in 2022.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in World, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1282 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.1308 ha per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 0.1149 ha per square kilometre | -12.1% |
| 1964 | 0.1222 ha per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1965 | 0.1141 ha per square kilometre | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 0.1195 ha per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 0.1102 ha per square kilometre | -7.8% |
| 1968 | 0.1068 ha per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 0.1104 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 0.1129 ha per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 0.1091 ha per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 0.1158 ha per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1973 | 0.1179 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.1165 ha per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 0.1154 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.1113 ha per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 0.1188 ha per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 0.1222 ha per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 0.1113 ha per square kilometre | -9.0% |
| 1980 | 0.1032 ha per square kilometre | -7.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0969 ha per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0944 ha per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0942 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0891 ha per square kilometre | -5.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0862 ha per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0865 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0876 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0875 ha per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0869 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.088 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0873 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0731 ha per square kilometre | -16.2% |
| 1993 | 0.0723 ha per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0705 ha per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0729 ha per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 0.073 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0722 ha per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0726 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0767 ha per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0771 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0761 ha per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0741 ha per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0729 ha per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0733 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0708 ha per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0637 ha per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 0.064 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0613 ha per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0616 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0622 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0619 ha per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0585 ha per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0602 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0606 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0598 ha per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0587 ha per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0594 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0577 ha per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0555 ha per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 0.056 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0565 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0551 ha per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0553 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1175 ha per square kilometre | 0.1068 ha per square kilometre | 0.1308 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1151 ha per square kilometre | 0.1091 ha per square kilometre | 0.1222 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0913 ha per square kilometre | 0.0862 ha per square kilometre | 0.1032 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0759 ha per square kilometre | 0.0705 ha per square kilometre | 0.088 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0695 ha per square kilometre | 0.0613 ha per square kilometre | 0.0771 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0595 ha per square kilometre | 0.0555 ha per square kilometre | 0.0622 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0557 ha per square kilometre | 0.0551 ha per square kilometre | 0.0565 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in World?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in World was 0.0553 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1308 ha per square kilometre in 1962.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0551 ha per square kilometre in 2022.
- How does World rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- World ranks 1st out of 1 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.