Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Indonesia
Indonesia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 68,630 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Indonesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Indonesia is 68,630 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 56.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Indonesia peaked at 620,000 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 68,630 ha, in 2024.
Indonesia ranks 17th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 366,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 544,000 ha | +48.6% |
| 1963 | 484,000 ha | -11.0% |
| 1964 | 620,000 ha | +28.1% |
| 1965 | 416,000 ha | -32.9% |
| 1966 | 402,000 ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 360,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 1968 | 403,866 ha | +12.2% |
| 1969 | 369,443 ha | -8.5% |
| 1970 | 357,568 ha | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 356,866 ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 337,811 ha | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 378,719 ha | +12.1% |
| 1974 | 330,250 ha | -12.8% |
| 1975 | 310,917 ha | -5.9% |
| 1976 | 301,055 ha | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 326,239 ha | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 300,540 ha | -7.9% |
| 1979 | 286,878 ha | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 276,048 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 274,905 ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 219,655 ha | -20.1% |
| 1983 | 280,173 ha | +27.6% |
| 1984 | 263,854 ha | -5.8% |
| 1985 | 256,086 ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 253,067 ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 229,070 ha | -9.5% |
| 1988 | 247,822 ha | +8.2% |
| 1989 | 240,178 ha | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 208,732 ha | -13.1% |
| 1991 | 214,316 ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 229,786 ha | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 224,098 ha | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 197,170 ha | -12.0% |
| 1995 | 228,676 ha | +16.0% |
| 1996 | 177,681 ha | -22.3% |
| 1997 | 195,436 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 202,093 ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 172,243 ha | -14.8% |
| 2000 | 194,000 ha | +12.6% |
| 2001 | 181,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 177,276 ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 197,455 ha | +11.4% |
| 2004 | 184,546 ha | -6.5% |
| 2005 | 178,336 ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 176,146 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 176,932 ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 174,206 ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 183,874 ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 181,073 ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 178,121 ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 178,295 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 161,850 ha | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 156,758 ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 143,125 ha | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 123,574 ha | -13.7% |
| 2017 | 106,226 ha | -14.0% |
| 2018 | 90,707 ha | -14.6% |
| 2019 | 74,358 ha | -18.0% |
| 2020 | 75,781 ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 69,225 ha | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 87,960 ha | +27.1% |
| 2023 | 73,149 ha | -16.8% |
| 2024 | 68,630 ha | -6.2% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 68,630 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,598 ha, 26.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 68,630 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,397 ha, 15.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 440,590 ha | 360,000 ha | 620,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 328,684 ha | 286,878 ha | 378,719 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 254,086 ha | 219,655 ha | 280,173 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 205,023 ha | 172,243 ha | 229,786 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 182,377 ha | 174,206 ha | 197,455 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 139,409 ha | 74,358 ha | 181,073 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 74,949 ha | 68,630 ha | 87,960 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
- 14 Philippines 80,901 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 98,853 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 719 ha compare
- 15 Burundi 80,064 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 571 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 571 ha compare
- 16 Ghana 78,611 ha compare
- 18 Côte d'Ivoire 36,102 ha compare
- 18 Kenya 68,449 ha compare
- 19 Brazil 65,178 ha compare
- 20 Haiti 47,913 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Indonesia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.131 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 662.79 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7808 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4061 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Indonesia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Indonesia was 68,630 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 620,000 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 68,630 ha in 2024.
- How does Indonesia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Indonesia ranks 17th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.