Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in India
India: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 111,866 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
India recorded 111,866 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in India peaked at 251,300 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 105,870 ha, in 2014.
India ranks 10th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 163,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 138,000 ha | -15.3% |
| 1963 | 133,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1964 | 130,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 155,000 ha | +19.2% |
| 1966 | 179,000 ha | +15.5% |
| 1967 | 206,000 ha | +15.1% |
| 1968 | 223,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 241,545 ha | +8.3% |
| 1970 | 215,000 ha | -11.0% |
| 1971 | 206,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1972 | 192,000 ha | -6.8% |
| 1973 | 199,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 219,000 ha | +10.1% |
| 1975 | 230,500 ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 251,300 ha | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 234,200 ha | -6.8% |
| 1978 | 238,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 219,900 ha | -7.6% |
| 1980 | 207,200 ha | -5.8% |
| 1981 | 208,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 224,600 ha | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 216,700 ha | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 215,700 ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 192,200 ha | -10.9% |
| 1986 | 175,000 ha | -8.9% |
| 1987 | 178,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 162,100 ha | -9.1% |
| 1989 | 157,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 157,100 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 152,600 ha | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 136,500 ha | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 141,400 ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 143,900 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 144,600 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 141,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 129,900 ha | -7.9% |
| 1998 | 120,600 ha | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 134,400 ha | +11.4% |
| 2000 | 114,000 ha | -15.2% |
| 2001 | 114,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 131,900 ha | +15.7% |
| 2003 | 131,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 133,100 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 133,300 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 122,800 ha | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 122,700 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 123,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 124,300 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 118,900 ha | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 113,200 ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 110,400 ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 111,800 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 105,870 ha | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 107,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 126,000 ha | +17.8% |
| 2017 | 128,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 131,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 110,000 ha | -16.0% |
| 2020 | 108,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 106,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 107,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 110,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 111,866 ha | +1.7% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 111,866 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,882 ha, 11.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- India's 111,866 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 4,479 ha, 25.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 174,283 ha | 130,000 ha | 241,545 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 220,490 ha | 192,000 ha | 251,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 193,770 ha | 157,400 ha | 224,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 140,200 ha | 120,600 ha | 157,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 125,100 ha | 114,000 ha | 133,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 116,217 ha | 105,870 ha | 131,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 108,573 ha | 106,000 ha | 111,866 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,946 ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 100,470 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 1,927 ha compare
- 12 Cameroon 93,378 ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,745 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,092 ha compare
- 13 Guinea 83,476 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in India?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in India was 111,866 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 251,300 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 105,870 ha in 2014.
- How does India rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- India ranks 10th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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.