Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 1.56 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Eastern Africa stood at 1.56 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 2.13 million ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 358,500 ha, in 1967.
That places Eastern Africa 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 396,899 ha | — |
| 1962 | 436,337 ha | +9.9% |
| 1963 | 442,096 ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 435,532 ha | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 427,367 ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 388,194 ha | -9.2% |
| 1967 | 358,500 ha | -7.6% |
| 1968 | 380,555 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 540,278 ha | +42.0% |
| 1970 | 725,197 ha | +34.2% |
| 1971 | 799,986 ha | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 841,820 ha | +5.2% |
| 1973 | 779,239 ha | -7.4% |
| 1974 | 899,948 ha | +15.5% |
| 1975 | 980,838 ha | +9.0% |
| 1976 | 1.03 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1977 | 942,154 ha | -8.9% |
| 1978 | 983,064 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 772,776 ha | -21.4% |
| 1980 | 758,215 ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 832,358 ha | +9.8% |
| 1982 | 860,671 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 932,745 ha | +8.4% |
| 1984 | 851,169 ha | -8.7% |
| 1985 | 1.04 million ha | +22.8% |
| 1986 | 1.04 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 1.07 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 1.02 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 1.02 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 1.16 million ha | +13.0% |
| 1991 | 1.15 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 1.13 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 1.16 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 1.12 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 1.17 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 1.22 million ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 1.24 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 1.38 million ha | +11.0% |
| 1999 | 1.38 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 1.54 million ha | +11.2% |
| 2001 | 1.74 million ha | +13.0% |
| 2002 | 1.66 million ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 1.44 million ha | -13.2% |
| 2004 | 1.79 million ha | +24.1% |
| 2005 | 1.68 million ha | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 1.73 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 1.61 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 1.26 million ha | -22.0% |
| 2009 | 1.81 million ha | +43.6% |
| 2010 | 1.68 million ha | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 1.79 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 1.72 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 1.93 million ha | +12.3% |
| 2014 | 2.03 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 1.99 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 1.95 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 2.13 million ha | +9.4% |
| 2018 | 1.84 million ha | -13.6% |
| 2019 | 1.74 million ha | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 1.71 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 1.76 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 1.57 million ha | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 1.58 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.56 million ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 422,862 ha | 358,500 ha | 540,278 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 875,956 ha | 725,197 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 943,362 ha | 758,215 ha | 1.07 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.21 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 1.38 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.63 million ha | 1.26 million ha | 1.81 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.88 million ha | 1.68 million ha | 2.13 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.64 million ha | 1.56 million ha | 1.76 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 4 Malawi 314,753 ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 346,027 ha compare
- 5 Uganda 221,783 ha compare
- 6 Angola 200,311 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 153,788 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 124,893 ha compare
- 7 Rwanda 179,717 ha compare
- 8 Madagascar 150,429 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 80,807 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 42,159 ha compare
- 9 Papua New Guinea 142,854 ha compare
- 10 India 111,866 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,946 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 1.56 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.13 million ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 358,500 ha in 1967.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 7th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.