Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Bahamas
Bahamas: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 538 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Bahamas, 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 Bahamas is 538 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Bahamas peaked at 546 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 63 ha, in 1961.
Bahamas ranks 77th of 113 countries on this measure, 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 Bahamas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63 ha | — |
| 1962 | 65 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 68 ha | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 70 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 73 ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 75 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 76 ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 76 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 77 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 77 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 78 ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 78 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 78 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 79 ha | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 80 ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 81 ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 81 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 82 ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 84 ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 85 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 86 ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 88 ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 88 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 86 ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 85 ha | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 88 ha | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 85 ha | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 68 ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 68 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 70 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 77 ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 70 ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 68 ha | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 150 ha | +120.6% |
| 1998 | 145 ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 68 ha | -53.1% |
| 2000 | 230 ha | +238.2% |
| 2001 | 180 ha | -21.7% |
| 2002 | 240 ha | +33.3% |
| 2003 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 299 ha | +15.0% |
| 2006 | 333 ha | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 339 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 363 ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 386 ha | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 409 ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 432 ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 455 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 478 ha | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 494 ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 523 ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 498 ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 530 ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 517 ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 538 ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 546 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 534 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 539 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 540 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 538 ha | -0.4% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 538 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 239 ha, 2.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 538 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 565 ha, 95% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Bahamas 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 | +238.2% | 68 ha | 230 ha |
| 1997 | +120.6% | 68 ha | 150 ha |
| 1999 | -53.1% | 145 ha | 68 ha |
| 2002 | +33.3% | 180 ha | 240 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71.44 ha | 63 ha | 77 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 79.2 ha | 77 ha | 81 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 85.8 ha | 82 ha | 88 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 86.9 ha | 68 ha | 150 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 288 ha | 180 ha | 386 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 487.4 ha | 409 ha | 538 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 539.4 ha | 534 ha | 546 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bahamas
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0051 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 203.1 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4043 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1867 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Bahamas?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Bahamas was 538 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 546 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 63 ha in 1961.
- How does Bahamas rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Bahamas ranks 77th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bahamas 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.