Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 2.82 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Asia, 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 Asia is 2.82 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Asia peaked at 12.43 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 2.82 million ha, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12.25 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 12.43 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 10.77 million ha | -13.3% |
| 1964 | 11.56 million ha | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 10.69 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1966 | 11.30 million ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 10.33 million ha | -8.6% |
| 1968 | 9.97 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 10.15 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 10.25 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 9.77 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1972 | 10.45 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1973 | 10.74 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 10.48 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 10.27 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 9.79 million ha | -4.6% |
| 1977 | 10.69 million ha | +9.2% |
| 1978 | 11.03 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 10.11 million ha | -8.3% |
| 1980 | 9.32 million ha | -7.8% |
| 1981 | 8.62 million ha | -7.6% |
| 1982 | 8.31 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1983 | 8.22 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 7.78 million ha | -5.4% |
| 1985 | 7.25 million ha | -6.8% |
| 1986 | 7.32 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 7.39 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 7.43 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 7.37 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 7.34 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 7.27 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 7.36 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 7.30 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 7.08 million ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 7.09 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 7.00 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 6.89 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 6.84 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 6.84 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 6.69 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 6.34 million ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 6.06 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 6.03 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 5.68 million ha | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 5.42 million ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 4.44 million ha | -18.1% |
| 2007 | 4.43 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 4.51 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 4.00 million ha | -11.4% |
| 2010 | 3.87 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 3.69 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 3.48 million ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 3.37 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 3.27 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 3.14 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 3.07 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 2.91 million ha | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 2.96 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 2.82 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 2.86 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 2.84 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 2.83 million ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 2.83 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 2.82 million ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.05 million ha | 9.97 million ha | 12.43 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.36 million ha | 9.77 million ha | 11.03 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.90 million ha | 7.25 million ha | 9.32 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.10 million ha | 6.84 million ha | 7.36 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.36 million ha | 4.00 million ha | 6.69 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.26 million ha | 2.82 million ha | 3.87 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.84 million ha | 2.82 million ha | 2.86 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 China 2.32 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 2.31 million ha compare
- 3 Nigeria 1.51 million ha compare
- 4 Malawi 314,753 ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 346,027 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Asia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Asia was 2.82 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 12.43 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.82 million ha in 2024.
- How does Asia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Asia 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.