Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Honduras
Honduras: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 4,734 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Honduras stood at 4,734 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 88.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Honduras peaked at 4,734 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 120 ha, in 1999.
That places Honduras 50th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Honduras, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 349 ha | — |
| 1962 | 340 ha | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 335 ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 328 ha | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 324 ha | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 317 ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 328 ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 339 ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 351 ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 363 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 370 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 394 ha | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 299 ha | -24.1% |
| 1974 | 300 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 340 ha | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 360 ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1982 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1984 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 485 ha | +5.4% |
| 1986 | 500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 510 ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 530 ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 540 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 140 ha | -74.1% |
| 1991 | 145 ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 150 ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 155 ha | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 152 ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 152 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 151 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 145 ha | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 143 ha | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 120 ha | -16.1% |
| 2000 | 122 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 129 ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 130 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 145 ha | +11.5% |
| 2004 | 260 ha | +79.3% |
| 2005 | 530 ha | +103.8% |
| 2006 | 840 ha | +58.5% |
| 2007 | 1,220 ha | +45.2% |
| 2008 | 1,400 ha | +14.8% |
| 2009 | 1,090 ha | -22.1% |
| 2010 | 1,176 ha | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 1,250 ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 1,200 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,515 ha | +109.6% |
| 2015 | 2,500 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 3,080 ha | +23.2% |
| 2017 | 3,190 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 2,860 ha | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 3,200 ha | +11.9% |
| 2020 | 3,564 ha | +11.4% |
| 2021 | 3,853 ha | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 4,176 ha | +8.4% |
| 2023 | 4,727 ha | +13.2% |
| 2024 | 4,734 ha | +0.1% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 4,734 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,882 ha, 48% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 4,734 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 565 ha, 8.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Honduras 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +109.6% | 1,200 ha | 2,515 ha |
| 2005 | +103.8% | 260 ha | 530 ha |
| 1990 | -74.1% | 540 ha | 140 ha |
| 2004 | +79.3% | 145 ha | 260 ha |
| 2006 | +58.5% | 530 ha | 840 ha |
| 2007 | +45.2% | 840 ha | 1,220 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 334.56 ha | 317 ha | 351 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 350.6 ha | 299 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 477.5 ha | 400 ha | 540 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 145.3 ha | 120 ha | 155 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 586.6 ha | 122 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,217 ha | 1,176 ha | 3,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,211 ha | 3,564 ha | 4,734 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Honduras
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 479.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.513 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4075 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Honduras?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Honduras was 4,734 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 4,734 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 120 ha in 1999.
- How does Honduras rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Honduras ranks 50th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 88.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Honduras 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.