Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of
China, Taiwan Province of: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 8,860 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of stood at 8,860 ha.
The figure is up 4.1% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of peaked at 246,002 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 8,177 ha, in 2004.
China, Taiwan Province of ranks 43rd 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 China, Taiwan Province of, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 235,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 233,600 ha | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 235,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 246,002 ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 234,060 ha | -4.9% |
| 1966 | 235,444 ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 236,430 ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 240,316 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 232,726 ha | -3.2% |
| 1970 | 228,713 ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 225,293 ha | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 210,609 ha | -6.5% |
| 1973 | 200,746 ha | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 180,152 ha | -10.3% |
| 1975 | 156,705 ha | -13.0% |
| 1976 | 123,735 ha | -21.0% |
| 1977 | 108,990 ha | -11.9% |
| 1978 | 91,645 ha | -15.9% |
| 1979 | 74,300 ha | -18.9% |
| 1980 | 62,255 ha | -16.2% |
| 1981 | 54,447 ha | -12.5% |
| 1982 | 45,508 ha | -16.4% |
| 1983 | 36,095 ha | -20.7% |
| 1984 | 27,791 ha | -23.0% |
| 1985 | 23,238 ha | -16.4% |
| 1986 | 21,061 ha | -9.4% |
| 1987 | 20,735 ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 15,337 ha | -26.0% |
| 1989 | 12,284 ha | -19.9% |
| 1990 | 11,729 ha | -4.5% |
| 1991 | 12,799 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 11,746 ha | -8.2% |
| 1993 | 10,970 ha | -6.6% |
| 1994 | 10,128 ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 10,627 ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 10,496 ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 10,650 ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 9,700 ha | -8.9% |
| 1999 | 9,962 ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 9,280 ha | -6.8% |
| 2001 | 9,250 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 8,817 ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 9,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 8,177 ha | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 10,230 ha | +25.1% |
| 2006 | 10,612 ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 9,627 ha | -9.3% |
| 2008 | 10,251 ha | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 10,691 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 9,576 ha | -10.4% |
| 2011 | 9,088 ha | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 9,560 ha | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 9,658 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 10,128 ha | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 9,817 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 10,572 ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 10,295 ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 9,774 ha | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 8,393 ha | -14.1% |
| 2020 | 9,693 ha | +15.5% |
| 2021 | 8,766 ha | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 9,121 ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 8,513 ha | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 8,860 ha | +4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 236,653 ha | 232,726 ha | 246,002 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 160,089 ha | 74,300 ha | 228,713 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,875 ha | 12,284 ha | 62,255 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,881 ha | 9,700 ha | 12,799 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,594 ha | 8,177 ha | 10,691 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,686 ha | 8,393 ha | 10,572 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,991 ha | 8,513 ha | 9,693 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, Taiwan Province of
- 40 Burkina Faso 10,122 ha compare
- 41 Dominican Republic 9,774 ha compare
- 42 Argentina 8,918 ha compare
- 44 Uruguay 8,462 ha compare
- 45 Solomon Islands 7,776 ha compare
- 46 Guinea-Bissau 7,760 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in China, Taiwan Province of was 8,860 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The highest recorded value was 246,002 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,177 ha in 2004.
- How does China, Taiwan Province of rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- China, Taiwan Province of ranks 43rd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, Taiwan Province of 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.