Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Haiti
Haiti: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 47,913 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Haiti, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Haiti stood at 47,913 ha.
The figure is up 19.8% on the previous year and down 44.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Haiti peaked at 95,292 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 29,776 ha, in 2020.
That places Haiti 20th out of 113 countries 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 Haiti, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36,500 ha | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 38,500 ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 40,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 42,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 44,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 46,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 50,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1969 | 48,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 50,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 52,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 48,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 52,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 55,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 59,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 61,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 62,950 ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 55,550 ha | -11.8% |
| 1979 | 62,530 ha | +12.6% |
| 1980 | 63,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 64,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 65,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 70,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1984 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 90,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1986 | 75,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1987 | 70,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 74,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 68,000 ha | -8.1% |
| 1990 | 63,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 66,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 63,108 ha | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 61,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 60,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 61,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 61,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 53,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1998 | 57,500 ha | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 58,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 60,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 57,500 ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 58,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 55,561 ha | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 53,103 ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 66,600 ha | +25.4% |
| 2006 | 57,712 ha | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 73,300 ha | +27.0% |
| 2008 | 76,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 75,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 90,238 ha | +20.3% |
| 2011 | 92,364 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 95,292 ha | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 65,944 ha | -30.8% |
| 2014 | 85,511 ha | +29.7% |
| 2015 | 65,820 ha | -23.0% |
| 2016 | 49,650 ha | -24.6% |
| 2017 | 37,925 ha | -23.6% |
| 2018 | 66,671 ha | +75.8% |
| 2019 | 42,452 ha | -36.3% |
| 2020 | 29,776 ha | -29.9% |
| 2021 | 31,442 ha | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 34,688 ha | +10.3% |
| 2023 | 40,000 ha | +15.3% |
| 2024 | 47,913 ha | +19.8% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 47,913 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,882 ha, 4.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 47,913 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 565 ha, 84.8× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Haiti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +75.8% | 37,925 ha | 66,671 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,167 ha | 34,500 ha | 50,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,803 ha | 48,000 ha | 62,950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 70,900 ha | 63,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 60,371 ha | 53,000 ha | 66,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 63,338 ha | 53,103 ha | 76,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 69,187 ha | 37,925 ha | 95,292 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,764 ha | 29,776 ha | 47,913 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Haiti
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1581 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 425.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1649 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4439 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Haiti?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Haiti was 47,913 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 95,292 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,776 ha in 2020.
- How does Haiti rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Haiti ranks 20th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Haiti 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.