Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 98,853 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 98,853 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.0% on the previous year and down 28.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 182,911 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 75,074 ha, in 2020.
Caribbean ranks 14th of 26 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 Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 85,426 ha | — |
| 1962 | 101,666 ha | +19.0% |
| 1963 | 114,312 ha | +12.4% |
| 1964 | 120,900 ha | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 123,444 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 126,465 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 124,028 ha | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 130,122 ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 128,789 ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 130,781 ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 135,324 ha | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 131,918 ha | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 135,285 ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 138,177 ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 140,951 ha | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 145,767 ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 146,669 ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 153,885 ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 150,504 ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 130,951 ha | -13.0% |
| 1981 | 122,220 ha | -6.7% |
| 1982 | 127,816 ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 129,701 ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 119,459 ha | -7.9% |
| 1985 | 149,519 ha | +25.2% |
| 1986 | 128,834 ha | -13.8% |
| 1987 | 131,787 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 138,359 ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 134,721 ha | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 129,807 ha | -3.6% |
| 1991 | 134,448 ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 158,770 ha | +18.1% |
| 1993 | 135,647 ha | -14.6% |
| 1994 | 144,134 ha | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 143,198 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 136,972 ha | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 126,061 ha | -8.0% |
| 1998 | 139,847 ha | +10.9% |
| 1999 | 124,327 ha | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 124,132 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 127,535 ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 131,684 ha | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 135,772 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 133,854 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 150,688 ha | +12.6% |
| 2006 | 113,935 ha | -24.4% |
| 2007 | 147,431 ha | +29.4% |
| 2008 | 145,675 ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 165,273 ha | +13.5% |
| 2010 | 182,911 ha | +10.7% |
| 2011 | 150,180 ha | -17.9% |
| 2012 | 154,868 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 127,243 ha | -17.8% |
| 2014 | 138,284 ha | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 132,108 ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 115,430 ha | -12.6% |
| 2017 | 96,363 ha | -16.5% |
| 2018 | 132,968 ha | +38.0% |
| 2019 | 96,598 ha | -27.4% |
| 2020 | 75,074 ha | -22.3% |
| 2021 | 80,603 ha | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 79,443 ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 92,391 ha | +16.3% |
| 2024 | 98,853 ha | +7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 117,239 ha | 85,426 ha | 130,122 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 140,926 ha | 130,781 ha | 153,885 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 131,337 ha | 119,459 ha | 149,519 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 137,321 ha | 124,327 ha | 158,770 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 137,598 ha | 113,935 ha | 165,273 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 132,695 ha | 96,363 ha | 182,911 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 85,273 ha | 75,074 ha | 98,853 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 11 Mozambique 100,470 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 1,927 ha compare
- 12 Cameroon 93,378 ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,745 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,092 ha compare
- 13 Guinea 83,476 ha compare
- 14 Philippines 80,901 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 719 ha compare
- 15 Burundi 80,064 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 571 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 571 ha compare
- 16 Ghana 78,611 ha compare
- 17 Indonesia 68,630 ha compare
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- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Caribbean was 98,853 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 182,911 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,074 ha in 2020.
- How does Caribbean rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.