Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 3,347 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 3,347 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 3,775 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 352 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia and New Zealand 52nd out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 352 ha | — |
| 1962 | 370 ha | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 400 ha | +8.1% |
| 1964 | 388 ha | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 584 ha | +50.5% |
| 1966 | 565 ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 675 ha | +19.5% |
| 1968 | 651 ha | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 727 ha | +11.7% |
| 1970 | 683 ha | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 681 ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 745 ha | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 786 ha | +5.5% |
| 1974 | 791 ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 669 ha | -15.4% |
| 1976 | 801 ha | +19.7% |
| 1977 | 781 ha | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 1,251 ha | +60.2% |
| 1979 | 1,263 ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 1,020 ha | -19.2% |
| 1981 | 996 ha | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 756 ha | -24.1% |
| 1983 | 731 ha | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 833 ha | +14.0% |
| 1985 | 850 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 793 ha | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 1,004 ha | +26.6% |
| 1988 | 1,015 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 1,062 ha | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 1,222 ha | +15.1% |
| 1991 | 1,488 ha | +21.8% |
| 1992 | 1,281 ha | -13.9% |
| 1993 | 1,424 ha | +11.2% |
| 1994 | 1,641 ha | +15.2% |
| 1995 | 1,566 ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 1,479 ha | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 1,450 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 1,670 ha | +15.2% |
| 1999 | 1,800 ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 2,061 ha | +14.5% |
| 2001 | 1,998 ha | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 1,935 ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 2,135 ha | +10.3% |
| 2004 | 2,400 ha | +12.4% |
| 2005 | 2,712 ha | +13.0% |
| 2006 | 2,989 ha | +10.2% |
| 2007 | 2,683 ha | -10.2% |
| 2008 | 2,541 ha | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 2,729 ha | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 2,893 ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 3,181 ha | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 3,098 ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 3,197 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 3,209 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 3,308 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 3,361 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 3,390 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 3,543 ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 3,617 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 3,708 ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 3,775 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 3,487 ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 3,423 ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 3,347 ha | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 523.56 ha | 352 ha | 727 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 845.1 ha | 669 ha | 1,263 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 906 ha | 731 ha | 1,062 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,502 ha | 1,222 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,418 ha | 1,935 ha | 2,989 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,280 ha | 2,893 ha | 3,617 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,548 ha | 3,347 ha | 3,775 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 3,347 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 3,775 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 352 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 52nd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.