Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 3,287 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Mexico stood at 3,287 ha.
That represents a change of down 9.7% on the previous year and up 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 18,856 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 1,560 ha, in 1994.
That places Mexico 53rd out of 113 countries with data for 2024, 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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,067 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,693 ha | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 17,928 ha | +22.0% |
| 1964 | 18,856 ha | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 13,939 ha | -26.1% |
| 1966 | 16,152 ha | +15.9% |
| 1967 | 17,527 ha | +8.5% |
| 1968 | 14,129 ha | -19.4% |
| 1969 | 15,255 ha | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 16,186 ha | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 11,936 ha | -26.3% |
| 1972 | 11,016 ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 9,236 ha | -16.2% |
| 1974 | 7,413 ha | -19.7% |
| 1975 | 7,237 ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 7,156 ha | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 7,275 ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 5,516 ha | -24.2% |
| 1979 | 4,660 ha | -15.5% |
| 1980 | 2,278 ha | -51.1% |
| 1981 | 3,285 ha | +44.2% |
| 1982 | 3,423 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 2,863 ha | -16.4% |
| 1984 | 3,407 ha | +19.0% |
| 1985 | 2,241 ha | -34.2% |
| 1986 | 1,982 ha | -11.6% |
| 1987 | 3,017 ha | +52.2% |
| 1988 | 2,643 ha | -12.4% |
| 1989 | 2,309 ha | -12.6% |
| 1990 | 2,037 ha | -11.8% |
| 1991 | 1,976 ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 2,298 ha | +16.3% |
| 1993 | 1,871 ha | -18.6% |
| 1994 | 1,560 ha | -16.6% |
| 1995 | 1,744 ha | +11.8% |
| 1996 | 1,616 ha | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 2,355 ha | +45.7% |
| 1998 | 1,976 ha | -16.1% |
| 1999 | 2,458 ha | +24.4% |
| 2000 | 2,783 ha | +13.2% |
| 2001 | 2,993 ha | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 2,698 ha | -9.9% |
| 2003 | 2,602 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 2,795 ha | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 3,198 ha | +14.4% |
| 2006 | 2,879 ha | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 2,907 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 2,643 ha | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 2,313 ha | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 2,471 ha | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 2,615 ha | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 2,119 ha | -19.0% |
| 2013 | 2,358 ha | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 2,354 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 3,297 ha | +40.1% |
| 2016 | 3,470 ha | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 3,779 ha | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 3,334 ha | -11.8% |
| 2019 | 3,104 ha | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 3,849 ha | +24.0% |
| 2021 | 3,992 ha | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 3,109 ha | -22.1% |
| 2023 | 3,642 ha | +17.1% |
| 2024 | 3,287 ha | -9.7% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 3,287 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,598 ha, 1.3× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 3,287 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 565 ha, 5.8× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,950 ha | 13,939 ha | 18,856 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,763 ha | 4,660 ha | 16,186 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,745 ha | 1,982 ha | 3,423 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,989 ha | 1,560 ha | 2,458 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,781 ha | 2,313 ha | 3,198 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,890 ha | 2,119 ha | 3,779 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,576 ha | 3,109 ha | 3,992 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Mexico?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Mexico was 3,287 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 18,856 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,560 ha in 1994.
- How does Mexico rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 53rd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mexico 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.