Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 1,092 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Israel stood at 1,092 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 38.0% on the previous year and down 55.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Israel peaked at 4,793 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 10 ha, in 1961.
Israel ranks 71st 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 Israel, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 13 ha | +30.0% |
| 1965 | 17 ha | +30.8% |
| 1966 | 17 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 20 ha | +17.6% |
| 1968 | 25 ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 15 ha | -40.0% |
| 1972 | 13 ha | -13.3% |
| 1973 | 12 ha | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 15 ha | +25.0% |
| 1975 | 13 ha | -13.3% |
| 1976 | 27 ha | +107.7% |
| 1977 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 27 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 35 ha | +29.6% |
| 1982 | 50 ha | +42.9% |
| 1983 | 40 ha | -20.0% |
| 1984 | 55 ha | +37.5% |
| 1985 | 80 ha | +45.5% |
| 1986 | 110 ha | +37.5% |
| 1987 | 40 ha | -63.6% |
| 1988 | 90 ha | +125.0% |
| 1989 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 120 ha | +33.3% |
| 1991 | 385 ha | +220.8% |
| 1992 | 332 ha | -13.8% |
| 1993 | 503 ha | +51.5% |
| 1994 | 597 ha | +18.7% |
| 1995 | 700 ha | +17.3% |
| 1996 | 690 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 738 ha | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 1,000 ha | +35.5% |
| 1999 | 894 ha | -10.6% |
| 2000 | 1,151 ha | +28.7% |
| 2001 | 1,402 ha | +21.8% |
| 2002 | 1,614 ha | +15.1% |
| 2003 | 1,999 ha | +23.9% |
| 2004 | 2,466 ha | +23.4% |
| 2005 | 2,451 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 2,923 ha | +19.3% |
| 2007 | 3,449 ha | +18.0% |
| 2008 | 4,793 ha | +39.0% |
| 2009 | 3,444 ha | -28.1% |
| 2010 | 2,131 ha | -38.1% |
| 2011 | 2,128 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,441 ha | +14.7% |
| 2013 | 2,440 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,471 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 2,501 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 2,482 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 2,485 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,926 ha | +17.7% |
| 2019 | 2,417 ha | -17.4% |
| 2020 | 2,346 ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 2,458 ha | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 1,969 ha | -19.9% |
| 2023 | 1,761 ha | -10.6% |
| 2024 | 1,092 ha | -38.0% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 1,092 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 239 ha, 4.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Israel's 1,092 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 278.5 ha, 3.9× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +220.8% | 120 ha | 385 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.33 ha | 10 ha | 25 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20.1 ha | 12 ha | 27 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 61.7 ha | 27 ha | 110 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 595.9 ha | 120 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,569 ha | 1,151 ha | 4,793 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,442 ha | 2,128 ha | 2,926 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,925 ha | 1,092 ha | 2,458 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Israel?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Israel was 1,092 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 4,793 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 ha in 1961.
- How does Israel rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 71st out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Israel 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.