Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Fiji
Fiji: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 1,415 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Fiji, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Fiji stood at 1,415 ha.
That represents a change of down 10.0% on the previous year and up 66.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Fiji peaked at 3,620 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 162 ha, in 1977.
Fiji ranks 76th of 126 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 650 ha | 600 ha | 770 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 494.9 ha | 162 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 435.2 ha | 193 ha | 852 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 710.8 ha | 180 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,138 ha | 357 ha | 3,620 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 819.5 ha | 697 ha | 901 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,335 ha | 1,153 ha | 1,572 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture share gdp 14.05 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.05 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
- Rural population 40.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 377,513 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 870.56 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 13,388 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Fiji?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Fiji was 1,415 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 3,620 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 162 ha in 1977.
- How does Fiji rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Fiji ranks 76th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Fiji 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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About this data
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.