Sweet potatoes — Area harvested by country
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area...
What the numbers show
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested is currently reported for 127 countries. The highest value is 2.32 million ha in China; the lowest is 0 ha in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,933 ha, and the mean is 76,897 ha.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 2,286.7%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 100.0%).
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2.32 million ha | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 2 | China, mainland | 2.31 million ha | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 1.51 million ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 346,027 ha | 2024 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Malawi | 314,753 ha | 2024 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 5 | Uganda | 221,783 ha | 2024 | down 51.1% | rising |
| 6 | Angola | 200,311 ha | 2024 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Melanesia | 153,788 ha | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 7 | Rwanda | 179,717 ha | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 124,893 ha | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 8 | Madagascar | 150,429 ha | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 80,807 ha | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | 142,854 ha | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 42,159 ha | 2024 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 10 | India | 111,866 ha | 2024 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7,946 ha | 2024 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Mozambique | 100,470 ha | 2024 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Timor-Leste | 1,927 ha | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 12 | Cameroon | 93,378 ha | 2024 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 12 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,745 ha | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 13 | Guinea | 83,476 ha | 2024 | up 210.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,092 ha | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 14 | Caribbean | 98,853 ha | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 14 | Philippines | 80,901 ha | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 14 | Polynesia | 719 ha | 2024 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 15 | Burundi | 80,064 ha | 2024 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 15 | Micronesia | 571 ha | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 15 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 571 ha | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 16 | Ghana | 78,611 ha | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 17 | Indonesia | 68,630 ha | 2024 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 18 | Kenya | 68,449 ha | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 36,102 ha | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 19 | Brazil | 65,178 ha | 2024 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Haiti | 47,913 ha | 2024 | down 44.0% | rising |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 41,686 ha | 2024 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 22 | Sudan | 40,036 ha | 2024 | up 251.3% | rising |
| 23 | Chad | 38,904 ha | 2024 | up 316.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Mali | 38,026 ha | 2024 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Cuba | 36,422 ha | 2024 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 163 ha | 2024 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Japan | 31,800 ha | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 31,045 ha | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Zambia | 29,784 ha | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Zimbabwe | 28,137 ha | 2024 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 27,953 ha | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 31 | South Africa | 27,285 ha | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 32 | Republic of Korea | 20,358 ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Ethiopia PDR | 19,200 ha | 1992 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 34 | Equatorial Guinea | 19,150 ha | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 35 | Niger | 16,311 ha | 2024 | up 340.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Peru | 16,290 ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 37 | Benin | 12,318 ha | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 38 | Egypt | 11,989 ha | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Sudan (former) | 10,500 ha | 2011 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 10,122 ha | 2024 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 9,774 ha | 2024 | up 80.3% | falling |
| 42 | Argentina | 8,918 ha | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 43 | China, Taiwan Province of | 8,860 ha | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Uruguay | 8,462 ha | 2024 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 7,776 ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 46 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,760 ha | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 47 | Myanmar | 6,837 ha | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 48 | Cambodia | 5,695 ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 49 | Paraguay | 5,602 ha | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 50 | Honduras | 4,734 ha | 2024 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 4,479 ha | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Australia and New Zealand | 3,347 ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Mexico | 3,287 ha | 2024 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Jamaica | 3,214 ha | 2024 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 55 | Malaysia | 3,099 ha | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Mauritania | 2,933 ha | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 57 | Senegal | 2,490 ha | 2024 | up 145.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Comoros | 2,244 ha | 2024 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 59 | Liberia | 2,193 ha | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 60 | Spain | 2,145 ha | 2017 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Australia | 2,134 ha | 2024 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Ecuador | 2,096 ha | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Togo | 1,933 ha | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Gabon | 1,925 ha | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 65 | Eswatini | 1,505 ha | 2024 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 66 | Chile | 1,445 ha | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 67 | Fiji | 1,415 ha | 2024 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Congo | 1,320 ha | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 69 | New Zealand | 1,213 ha | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 70 | Pakistan | 1,116 ha | 2024 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 71 | Israel | 1,092 ha | 2024 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Portugal | 954 ha | 2017 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Somalia | 892 ha | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 74 | Guatemala | 716 ha | 2024 | up 2,286.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Tonga | 671 ha | 2024 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 592 ha | 2024 | up 193.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Bahamas | 538 ha | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Morocco | 483 ha | 2024 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Dominica | 390 ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 80 | Italy | 388 ha | 2017 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Guadeloupe | 370 ha | 2006 | up 85.0% | falling |
| 82 | New Caledonia | 264 ha | 2024 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 83 | Guyana | 214 ha | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Mauritius | 193 ha | 2024 | up 227.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Grenada | 187 ha | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 160 ha | 2024 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 87 | El Salvador | 132 ha | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 88 | Greece | 90 ha | 2017 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 89 | Martinique | 78 ha | 2006 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Palestine | 74 ha | 2022 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 91 | Barbados | 72 ha | 2024 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 72 ha | 2024 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Suriname | 43 ha | 2024 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Yemen | 39 ha | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Botswana | 37 ha | 2024 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 35 ha | 2024 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Brunei Darussalam | 35 ha | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Réunion | 33 ha | 2006 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Belize | 32 ha | 2024 | up 255.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Antigua and Barbuda | 31 ha | 2024 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 101 | Puerto Rico | 29 ha | 2024 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Bhutan | 23 ha | 2024 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Panama | 21 ha | 2024 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 103 | French Polynesia | 21 ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 17 ha | 2024 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Niue | 17 ha | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Cook Islands | 11 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 108 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 5 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 109 | Kuwait | 4 ha | 2024 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 110 | Maldives | 3 ha | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Bahrain | 0 ha | 1996 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Singapore | 0 ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 7.22 million ha
- Asia 2.82 million ha
- Africa 3.96 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.19 million ha
- Eastern Asia 2.42 million ha
- Middle Africa 479,881 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.39 million ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.13 million ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 266,511 ha
- Western Africa 1.83 million ha
- Eastern Africa 1.56 million ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.02 million ha
- Americas 279,429 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 255,878 ha
- Oceania 158,426 ha
- Southern Asia 145,440 ha
- South America 111,086 ha
- Northern America 59,975 ha
- United States of America 59,975 ha
- Northern Africa 52,508 ha
- Southern Africa 28,827 ha
- Central America 9,515 ha
- European Union (27) 3,577 ha
- Europe 3,577 ha
- Southern Europe 3,577 ha
- Western Asia 1,185 ha
About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.