Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 9,515 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Central America stood at 9,515 ha.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and up 81.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Central America peaked at 19,230 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 1,853 ha, in 1994.
Central America ranks 20th of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,461 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,078 ha | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 18,309 ha | +21.4% |
| 1964 | 19,230 ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 14,311 ha | -25.6% |
| 1966 | 16,517 ha | +15.4% |
| 1967 | 17,905 ha | +8.4% |
| 1968 | 14,518 ha | -18.9% |
| 1969 | 15,656 ha | +7.8% |
| 1970 | 16,599 ha | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 12,361 ha | -25.5% |
| 1972 | 11,465 ha | -7.2% |
| 1973 | 9,591 ha | -16.3% |
| 1974 | 7,771 ha | -19.0% |
| 1975 | 7,607 ha | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 7,556 ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 7,698 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 5,946 ha | -22.8% |
| 1979 | 5,120 ha | -13.9% |
| 1980 | 2,838 ha | -44.6% |
| 1981 | 3,745 ha | +32.0% |
| 1982 | 3,883 ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 3,373 ha | -13.1% |
| 1984 | 3,927 ha | +16.4% |
| 1985 | 2,786 ha | -29.1% |
| 1986 | 2,542 ha | -8.8% |
| 1987 | 3,587 ha | +41.1% |
| 1988 | 3,233 ha | -9.9% |
| 1989 | 2,967 ha | -8.2% |
| 1990 | 2,303 ha | -22.4% |
| 1991 | 2,261 ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 2,597 ha | +14.9% |
| 1993 | 2,179 ha | -16.1% |
| 1994 | 1,853 ha | -15.0% |
| 1995 | 2,043 ha | +10.3% |
| 1996 | 1,924 ha | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 2,623 ha | +36.3% |
| 1998 | 2,292 ha | -12.6% |
| 1999 | 2,766 ha | +20.7% |
| 2000 | 3,155 ha | +14.1% |
| 2001 | 3,332 ha | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 2,996 ha | -10.1% |
| 2003 | 2,977 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 3,292 ha | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 4,034 ha | +22.5% |
| 2006 | 4,179 ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 4,380 ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 4,351 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 3,606 ha | -17.1% |
| 2010 | 3,994 ha | +10.8% |
| 2011 | 4,078 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 3,561 ha | -12.7% |
| 2013 | 3,799 ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 5,236 ha | +37.8% |
| 2015 | 6,142 ha | +17.3% |
| 2016 | 7,015 ha | +14.2% |
| 2017 | 7,450 ha | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 6,798 ha | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 7,235 ha | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 8,434 ha | +16.6% |
| 2021 | 9,356 ha | +10.9% |
| 2022 | 8,833 ha | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 9,876 ha | +11.8% |
| 2024 | 9,515 ha | -3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,332 ha | 14,311 ha | 19,230 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,171 ha | 5,120 ha | 16,599 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,288 ha | 2,542 ha | 3,927 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,284 ha | 1,853 ha | 2,766 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,630 ha | 2,977 ha | 4,380 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,531 ha | 3,561 ha | 7,450 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,203 ha | 8,434 ha | 9,876 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Central America?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Central America was 9,515 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 19,230 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,853 ha in 1994.
- How does Central America rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America 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.