Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 5 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China, Hong Kong SAR recorded 5 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 4,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 4 ha, in 2015.
That places China, Hong Kong SAR 108th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1963 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 2,900 ha | -9.4% |
| 1965 | 2,500 ha | -13.8% |
| 1966 | 1,600 ha | -36.0% |
| 1967 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 1,200 ha | -20.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 250 ha | -75.0% |
| 1971 | 200 ha | -20.0% |
| 1972 | 175 ha | -12.5% |
| 1973 | 165 ha | -5.7% |
| 1974 | 300 ha | +81.8% |
| 1975 | 250 ha | -16.7% |
| 1976 | 100 ha | -60.0% |
| 1977 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1978 | 80 ha | -46.7% |
| 1979 | 60 ha | -25.0% |
| 1980 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 55 ha | -8.3% |
| 1982 | 50 ha | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 50 ha | -9.1% |
| 1985 | 45 ha | -10.0% |
| 1986 | 35 ha | -22.2% |
| 1987 | 32 ha | -8.6% |
| 1988 | 40 ha | +25.0% |
| 1989 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 38 ha | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 30 ha | -21.1% |
| 1992 | 27 ha | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 23 ha | -14.8% |
| 1994 | 17 ha | -26.1% |
| 1995 | 15 ha | -11.8% |
| 1996 | 20 ha | +33.3% |
| 1997 | 12 ha | -40.0% |
| 1998 | 13 ha | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 13 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 10 ha | -23.1% |
| 2001 | 9 ha | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 10 ha | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 9 ha | -10.0% |
| 2004 | 9 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8 ha | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 7 ha | -12.5% |
| 2008 | 6 ha | -14.3% |
| 2009 | 5 ha | -16.7% |
| 2010 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4 ha | -20.0% |
| 2016 | 5 ha | +25.0% |
| 2017 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,322 ha | 1,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 173 ha | 60 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46.2 ha | 32 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.8 ha | 12 ha | 38 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.1 ha | 5 ha | 10 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.9 ha | 4 ha | 5 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 ha | 5 ha | 5 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, Hong Kong SAR
- 105 Niue 17 ha compare
- 105 Saint Lucia 17 ha compare
- 107 Cook Islands 11 ha compare
- 109 Kuwait 4 ha compare
- 110 Maldives 3 ha compare
- 111 Bahrain 0 ha compare
- 111 Belgium-Luxembourg 0 ha
- 111 Singapore 0 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in China, Hong Kong SAR was 5 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 ha in 2015.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 108th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR 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.