Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 388 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Italy is 388 ha, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of down 37.8% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Italy peaked at 2,007 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 254 ha, in 2012.
That places Italy 80th out of 113 countries with data for 2017, 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,771 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,735 ha | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 1,888 ha | +8.8% |
| 1964 | 1,950 ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 1,880 ha | -3.6% |
| 1966 | 1,983 ha | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 2,007 ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 1,943 ha | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 1,635 ha | -15.9% |
| 1970 | 1,497 ha | -8.4% |
| 1971 | 1,373 ha | -8.3% |
| 1972 | 1,241 ha | -9.6% |
| 1973 | 1,091 ha | -12.1% |
| 1974 | 1,160 ha | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 1,188 ha | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 1,199 ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 1,162 ha | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 1,004 ha | -13.6% |
| 1979 | 1,005 ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 1,055 ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 ha | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 912 ha | -8.8% |
| 1983 | 816 ha | -10.5% |
| 1984 | 728 ha | -10.8% |
| 1985 | 652 ha | -10.4% |
| 1986 | 634 ha | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 540 ha | -14.8% |
| 1988 | 528 ha | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 501 ha | -5.1% |
| 1990 | 526 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 577 ha | +9.7% |
| 1992 | 690 ha | +19.6% |
| 1993 | 706 ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 720 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 597 ha | -17.1% |
| 1996 | 600 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 641 ha | +6.8% |
| 1998 | 700 ha | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 1,275 ha | +82.1% |
| 2000 | 1,268 ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 1,226 ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 1,374 ha | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 1,365 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1,407 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 1,431 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 1,417 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 430 ha | -69.7% |
| 2008 | 406 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 439 ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 457 ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 492 ha | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 254 ha | -48.4% |
| 2013 | 279 ha | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 313 ha | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 354 ha | +13.1% |
| 2016 | 624 ha | +76.3% |
| 2017 | 388 ha | -37.8% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 388 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 239 ha, 1.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +82.1% | 700 ha | 1,275 ha |
| 2016 | +76.3% | 354 ha | 624 ha |
| 2007 | -69.7% | 1,417 ha | 430 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,866 ha | 1,635 ha | 2,007 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,192 ha | 1,004 ha | 1,497 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 736.6 ha | 501 ha | 1,055 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 703.2 ha | 526 ha | 1,275 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,076 ha | 406 ha | 1,431 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 395.12 ha | 254 ha | 624 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Italy?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Italy was 388 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 2,007 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 254 ha in 2012.
- How does Italy rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 80th out of 113 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy 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.