Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.068 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Zimbabwe, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 0.068 ha per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.1299 ha per square kilometre in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 ha per square kilometre, in 1965.
Zimbabwe ranks 40th of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | -29.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | -23.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | -44.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0002 ha per square kilometre | +77.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | +62.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | +53.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | +50.0% |
| 1970 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | +9.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | -20.3% |
| 1977 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | -36.8% |
| 1978 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0011 ha per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | -38.7% |
| 1983 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | +53.3% |
| 1984 | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0013 ha per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | -14.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | -12.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | +96.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | -49.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0181 ha per square kilometre | +901.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0216 ha per square kilometre | +19.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0252 ha per square kilometre | +16.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0289 ha per square kilometre | +14.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0325 ha per square kilometre | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0357 ha per square kilometre | +10.1% |
| 2005 | 0.039 ha per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 0.046 ha per square kilometre | +18.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0481 ha per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0497 ha per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0509 ha per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0518 ha per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0527 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0536 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0546 ha per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0647 ha per square kilometre | +18.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0653 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0619 ha per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 0.1299 ha per square kilometre | +109.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0979 ha per square kilometre | -24.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0452 ha per square kilometre | -53.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0512 ha per square kilometre | +13.1% |
| 2021 | 0.1177 ha per square kilometre | +129.9% |
| 2022 | 0.068 ha per square kilometre | -42.2% |
| 2023 | 0.068 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Zimbabwe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +901.3% | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | 0.0181 ha per square kilometre |
| 2021 | +129.9% | 0.0512 ha per square kilometre | 0.1177 ha per square kilometre |
| 2017 | +109.7% | 0.0619 ha per square kilometre | 0.1299 ha per square kilometre |
| 1997 | +96.8% | 0.0018 ha per square kilometre | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 0.0001 ha per square kilometre | 0.0008 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | 0.001 ha per square kilometre | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0012 ha per square kilometre | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 0.0016 ha per square kilometre | 0.0181 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0378 ha per square kilometre | 0.0216 ha per square kilometre | 0.0509 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0678 ha per square kilometre | 0.0452 ha per square kilometre | 0.1299 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0762 ha per square kilometre | 0.0512 ha per square kilometre | 0.1177 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Zimbabwe?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Zimbabwe was 0.068 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1299 ha per square kilometre in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 ha per square kilometre in 1965.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Zimbabwe ranks 40th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.