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 67th 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 Fiji, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 610 ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 610 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 650 ha | +6.6% |
| 1965 | 770 ha | +18.5% |
| 1966 | 650 ha | -15.6% |
| 1967 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 660 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 750 ha | +13.6% |
| 1971 | 680 ha | -9.3% |
| 1972 | 700 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 302 ha | -56.9% |
| 1976 | 255 ha | -15.6% |
| 1977 | 162 ha | -36.5% |
| 1978 | 350 ha | +116.0% |
| 1979 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 300 ha | -14.3% |
| 1981 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 500 ha | +66.7% |
| 1984 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 800 ha | +60.0% |
| 1986 | 852 ha | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 340 ha | -60.1% |
| 1988 | 267 ha | -21.5% |
| 1989 | 193 ha | -27.7% |
| 1990 | 461 ha | +138.9% |
| 1991 | 238 ha | -48.4% |
| 1992 | 180 ha | -24.4% |
| 1993 | 460 ha | +155.6% |
| 1994 | 937 ha | +103.7% |
| 1995 | 600 ha | -36.0% |
| 1996 | 1,328 ha | +121.3% |
| 1997 | 1,700 ha | +28.0% |
| 1998 | 727 ha | -57.2% |
| 1999 | 477 ha | -34.4% |
| 2000 | 736 ha | +54.3% |
| 2001 | 700 ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 760 ha | +8.6% |
| 2003 | 767 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 1,328 ha | +73.1% |
| 2005 | 835 ha | -37.1% |
| 2006 | 750 ha | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 1,523 ha | +103.1% |
| 2008 | 3,620 ha | +137.7% |
| 2009 | 357 ha | -90.1% |
| 2010 | 721 ha | +102.0% |
| 2011 | 697 ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 828 ha | +18.8% |
| 2013 | 862 ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 851 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 842 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 718 ha | -14.7% |
| 2017 | 885 ha | +23.3% |
| 2018 | 890 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 901 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1,153 ha | +28.0% |
| 2021 | 1,188 ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 1,346 ha | +13.3% |
| 2023 | 1,572 ha | +16.8% |
| 2024 | 1,415 ha | -10.0% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 1,415 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,598 ha, 54% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 1,415 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,397 ha, 32% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Fiji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +155.6% | 180 ha | 460 ha |
| 1990 | +138.9% | 193 ha | 461 ha |
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 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (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 67th out of 113 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.