Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 7,946 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Lao People's Democratic Republic recorded 7,946 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 61.6% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 27,879 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1963 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 2,200 ha | +37.5% |
| 1966 | 2,700 ha | +22.7% |
| 1967 | 3,200 ha | +18.5% |
| 1968 | 3,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1969 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,539 ha | +23.1% |
| 1977 | 6,600 ha | +19.2% |
| 1978 | 7,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1979 | 8,500 ha | +13.3% |
| 1980 | 9,130 ha | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 11,000 ha | +20.5% |
| 1982 | 11,976 ha | +8.9% |
| 1983 | 11,740 ha | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 11,900 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 10,577 ha | -11.1% |
| 1986 | 8,696 ha | -17.8% |
| 1987 | 16,652 ha | +91.5% |
| 1988 | 27,771 ha | +66.8% |
| 1989 | 27,500 ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 27,879 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 16,624 ha | -40.4% |
| 1992 | 14,450 ha | -13.1% |
| 1993 | 14,334 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 21,925 ha | +53.0% |
| 1995 | 14,045 ha | -35.9% |
| 1996 | 14,590 ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 19,445 ha | +33.3% |
| 1998 | 21,740 ha | +11.8% |
| 1999 | 13,050 ha | -40.0% |
| 2000 | 19,400 ha | +48.7% |
| 2001 | 14,610 ha | -24.7% |
| 2002 | 15,373 ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 18,878 ha | +22.8% |
| 2004 | 15,758 ha | -16.5% |
| 2005 | 13,695 ha | -13.1% |
| 2006 | 12,335 ha | -9.9% |
| 2007 | 15,440 ha | +25.2% |
| 2008 | 9,300 ha | -39.8% |
| 2009 | 18,131 ha | +95.0% |
| 2010 | 5,525 ha | -69.5% |
| 2011 | 7,290 ha | +31.9% |
| 2012 | 6,825 ha | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 5,710 ha | -16.3% |
| 2014 | 6,595 ha | +15.5% |
| 2015 | 7,470 ha | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 7,655 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 5,885 ha | -23.1% |
| 2018 | 6,185 ha | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 5,904 ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 6,362 ha | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 7,630 ha | +19.9% |
| 2022 | 7,390 ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 4,917 ha | -33.5% |
| 2024 | 7,946 ha | +61.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,300 ha | 1,000 ha | 3,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,264 ha | 3,700 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,694 ha | 8,696 ha | 27,771 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,808 ha | 13,050 ha | 27,879 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,292 ha | 9,300 ha | 19,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,504 ha | 5,525 ha | 7,655 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,849 ha | 4,917 ha | 7,946 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 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 Papua New Guinea 142,854 ha compare
- 10 India 111,866 ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 100,470 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 1,927 ha compare
- 12 Cameroon 93,378 ha compare
- 13 Guinea 83,476 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 7,946 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 27,879 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 10th out of 16 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic 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.