Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 279,429 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Americas is 279,429 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.0% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Americas peaked at 471,804 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 249,041 ha, in 2022.
That places Americas 9th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 397,991 ha | — |
| 1962 | 425,864 ha | +7.0% |
| 1963 | 438,546 ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 439,477 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 454,724 ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 458,336 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 465,541 ha | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 459,931 ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 471,804 ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 468,230 ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 460,383 ha | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 444,172 ha | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 435,907 ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 420,417 ha | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 437,851 ha | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 426,679 ha | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 401,633 ha | -5.9% |
| 1978 | 387,252 ha | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 376,435 ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 340,642 ha | -9.5% |
| 1981 | 323,824 ha | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 337,078 ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 325,892 ha | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 324,423 ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 349,306 ha | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 322,845 ha | -7.6% |
| 1987 | 319,420 ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 318,612 ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 308,536 ha | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 289,466 ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 293,032 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 305,859 ha | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 281,766 ha | -7.9% |
| 1994 | 293,126 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 284,871 ha | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 271,809 ha | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 266,259 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 276,747 ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 258,892 ha | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 266,835 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 275,495 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 279,789 ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 285,238 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 280,718 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 296,440 ha | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 259,667 ha | -12.4% |
| 2007 | 288,628 ha | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 280,756 ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 299,773 ha | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 324,801 ha | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 299,846 ha | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 299,171 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 264,118 ha | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 287,062 ha | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 292,739 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 283,850 ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 269,021 ha | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 297,215 ha | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 267,820 ha | -9.9% |
| 2020 | 251,220 ha | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 258,073 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 249,041 ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 261,166 ha | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 279,429 ha | +7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 445,802 ha | 397,991 ha | 471,804 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 425,896 ha | 376,435 ha | 468,230 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 327,058 ha | 308,536 ha | 349,306 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 282,183 ha | 258,892 ha | 305,859 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 281,334 ha | 259,667 ha | 299,773 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 288,564 ha | 264,118 ha | 324,801 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 259,786 ha | 249,041 ha | 279,429 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 6 Angola 200,311 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 153,788 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 124,893 ha compare
- 7 Rwanda 179,717 ha compare
- 8 Madagascar 150,429 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 80,807 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 42,159 ha compare
- 9 Papua New Guinea 142,854 ha compare
- 10 India 111,866 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,946 ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 100,470 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 1,927 ha compare
- 12 Cameroon 93,378 ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,745 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Americas?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Americas was 279,429 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 471,804 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 249,041 ha in 2022.
- How does Americas rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 9th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.