Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 200,311 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Angola, 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 Angola is 200,311 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Angola peaked at 200,311 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Angola 6th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1964 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 16,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1985 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 18,457 ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 20,429 ha | +10.7% |
| 1992 | 20,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 21,575 ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 22,692 ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 22,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 23,909 ha | +8.7% |
| 1998 | 24,531 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 22,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 2000 | 64,126 ha | +191.5% |
| 2001 | 79,452 ha | +23.9% |
| 2002 | 100,294 ha | +26.2% |
| 2003 | 142,116 ha | +41.7% |
| 2004 | 138,796 ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 143,805 ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 154,783 ha | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 161,262 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 125,276 ha | -22.3% |
| 2009 | 147,813 ha | +18.0% |
| 2010 | 156,594 ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 159,528 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 121,776 ha | -23.7% |
| 2013 | 163,433 ha | +34.2% |
| 2014 | 168,700 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 167,816 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 174,694 ha | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 197,162 ha | +12.9% |
| 2018 | 178,225 ha | -9.6% |
| 2019 | 178,272 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 184,745 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 187,924 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 189,378 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 198,488 ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 200,311 ha | +0.9% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 200,311 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,882 ha, 20.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Angola's 200,311 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 6.9× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Angola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +191.5% | 22,000 ha | 64,126 ha |
| 2003 | +41.7% | 100,294 ha | 142,116 ha |
| 2013 | +34.2% | 121,776 ha | 163,433 ha |
| 2002 | +26.2% | 79,452 ha | 100,294 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,667 ha | 15,000 ha | 18,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,000 ha | 18,000 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,600 ha | 18,000 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,659 ha | 18,457 ha | 24,531 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 125,772 ha | 64,126 ha | 161,262 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 166,620 ha | 121,776 ha | 197,162 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 192,169 ha | 184,745 ha | 200,311 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 3 Nigeria 1.51 million ha compare
- 4 Malawi 314,753 ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 346,027 ha compare
- 5 Uganda 221,783 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
More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Angola?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Angola was 200,311 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 200,311 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Angola rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 6th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola 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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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.