Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 65,178 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 65,178 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.9% on the previous year and up 64.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 185,068 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 38,602 ha, in 2013.
Brazil ranks 19th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 137,370 ha | — |
| 1962 | 144,967 ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 152,377 ha | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 158,387 ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 168,322 ha | +6.3% |
| 1966 | 175,373 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 185,030 ha | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 182,248 ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 185,068 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 180,789 ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 183,143 ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 174,114 ha | -4.9% |
| 1973 | 159,164 ha | -8.6% |
| 1974 | 147,763 ha | -7.2% |
| 1975 | 153,413 ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 137,978 ha | -10.1% |
| 1977 | 117,031 ha | -15.2% |
| 1978 | 98,230 ha | -16.1% |
| 1979 | 91,577 ha | -6.8% |
| 1980 | 83,545 ha | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 84,214 ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 82,076 ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 76,580 ha | -6.7% |
| 1984 | 80,998 ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 79,655 ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 78,633 ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 76,054 ha | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 68,284 ha | -10.2% |
| 1989 | 66,979 ha | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 62,629 ha | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 61,321 ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 57,763 ha | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 53,361 ha | -7.6% |
| 1994 | 57,983 ha | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 55,946 ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 47,941 ha | -14.3% |
| 1997 | 49,812 ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 42,811 ha | -14.1% |
| 1999 | 43,158 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 43,900 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 42,708 ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 43,895 ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 46,351 ha | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 46,844 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 45,311 ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 44,357 ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 43,879 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 45,552 ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 42,241 ha | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 41,802 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 43,843 ha | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 39,321 ha | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 38,602 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 39,705 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 43,920 ha | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 47,944 ha | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 54,045 ha | +12.7% |
| 2018 | 52,928 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 57,340 ha | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 59,548 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 57,800 ha | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 58,303 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 60,971 ha | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 65,178 ha | +6.9% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 65,178 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,598 ha, 25.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 65,178 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 565 ha, 115.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 165,460 ha | 137,370 ha | 185,068 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 144,320 ha | 91,577 ha | 183,143 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 77,702 ha | 66,979 ha | 84,214 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,272 ha | 42,811 ha | 62,629 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,504 ha | 42,241 ha | 46,844 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,945 ha | 38,602 ha | 57,340 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 60,360 ha | 57,800 ha | 65,178 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Brazil?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Brazil was 65,178 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 185,068 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,602 ha in 2013.
- How does Brazil rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 19th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.