Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Comoros
Comoros: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 2,244 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Comoros, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Comoros stood at 2,244 ha.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Comoros peaked at 3,353 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 900 ha, in 1961.
That places Comoros 58th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Comoros, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,150 ha | +15.0% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 1,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 1,350 ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 1,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 1,600 ha | +14.3% |
| 1978 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 1,400 ha | -33.3% |
| 1985 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,380 ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 2,200 ha | +59.4% |
| 1988 | 2,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 2,049 ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 2,095 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 2,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 2,138 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 2,168 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 2,200 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 2,194 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 2,252 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 2,284 ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 2,300 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 2,307 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,350 ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 2,393 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 2,466 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 2,538 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 2,786 ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 2,930 ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 3,010 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 3,043 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 3,079 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 3,094 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 3,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,353 ha | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 3,255 ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 3,083 ha | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 2,929 ha | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 2,799 ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 2,681 ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 2,570 ha | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 2,414 ha | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 2,310 ha | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 2,321 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 2,244 ha | -3.3% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 2,244 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,882 ha, 23% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 2,244 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 8% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Comoros changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +59.4% | 1,380 ha | 2,200 ha |
| 1984 | -33.3% | 2,100 ha | 1,400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 955.56 ha | 900 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,375 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,838 ha | 1,380 ha | 2,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,148 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,284 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,612 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,043 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,027 ha | 2,681 ha | 3,353 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,372 ha | 2,244 ha | 2,570 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 751.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6606 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Comoros?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Comoros was 2,244 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 3,353 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 900 ha in 1961.
- How does Comoros rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Comoros ranks 58th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.