Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 8,918 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 8,918 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and down 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 45,512 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 8,918 ha, in 2024.
Argentina ranks 42nd of 113 countries on this measure, 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 Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38,031 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,493 ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 36,454 ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 34,598 ha | -5.1% |
| 1965 | 35,930 ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 36,211 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 41,893 ha | +15.7% |
| 1968 | 41,473 ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 45,512 ha | +9.7% |
| 1970 | 44,200 ha | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 42,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 34,740 ha | -17.3% |
| 1973 | 41,800 ha | +20.3% |
| 1974 | 32,800 ha | -21.5% |
| 1975 | 40,950 ha | +24.8% |
| 1976 | 37,780 ha | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 36,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 34,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 33,800 ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 33,600 ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 24,400 ha | -27.4% |
| 1982 | 31,900 ha | +30.7% |
| 1983 | 27,800 ha | -12.9% |
| 1984 | 30,800 ha | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 32,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 32,100 ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 25,528 ha | -20.5% |
| 1988 | 28,690 ha | +12.4% |
| 1989 | 21,376 ha | -25.5% |
| 1990 | 22,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 20,900 ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 22,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 20,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 16,589 ha | -17.1% |
| 1998 | 17,805 ha | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 17,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 17,629 ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 17,500 ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 18,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 18,181 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 16,652 ha | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 16,303 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 15,943 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 15,654 ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 15,353 ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 15,044 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 14,686 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 13,907 ha | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 13,509 ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 13,090 ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 12,666 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 12,242 ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 11,822 ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 11,467 ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 10,898 ha | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 10,000 ha | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 10,400 ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 9,938 ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 9,676 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 9,279 ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 8,918 ha | -3.9% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 8,918 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,598 ha, 3.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 8,918 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 565 ha, 15.8× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Argentina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +30.7% | 24,400 ha | 31,900 ha |
| 1981 | -27.4% | 33,600 ha | 24,400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38,511 ha | 34,598 ha | 45,512 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,807 ha | 32,800 ha | 44,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,819 ha | 21,376 ha | 33,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,929 ha | 16,589 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,626 ha | 15,044 ha | 18,181 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,429 ha | 10,000 ha | 14,686 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,642 ha | 8,918 ha | 10,400 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 39 Sudan (former) 10,500 ha compare
- 40 Burkina Faso 10,122 ha compare
- 41 Dominican Republic 9,774 ha compare
- 43 China, Taiwan Province of 8,860 ha compare
- 44 Uruguay 8,462 ha compare
- 45 Solomon Islands 7,776 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Argentina?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Argentina was 8,918 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 45,512 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,918 ha in 2024.
- How does Argentina rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 42nd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina 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.