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 60th out of 126 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.
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 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture share gdp 3.88 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.88 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 20.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 26.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 71.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.67 million t (2024)
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 60th out of 126 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.
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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.