Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 479,881 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Middle Africa is 479,881 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 479,881 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 103,931 ha, in 1966.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 129,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 125,300 ha | -3.0% |
| 1963 | 122,300 ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 111,202 ha | -9.1% |
| 1965 | 113,230 ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 103,931 ha | -8.2% |
| 1967 | 117,010 ha | +12.6% |
| 1968 | 118,336 ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 131,027 ha | +10.7% |
| 1970 | 125,795 ha | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 128,065 ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 129,480 ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 128,659 ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 134,021 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 131,880 ha | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 132,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 133,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 134,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 134,950 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 136,750 ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 138,650 ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 141,650 ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 140,750 ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 130,550 ha | -7.2% |
| 1985 | 131,250 ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 130,970 ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 132,170 ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 136,350 ha | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 137,950 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 144,634 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 143,472 ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 147,794 ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 152,943 ha | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 157,979 ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 189,827 ha | +20.2% |
| 1996 | 173,853 ha | -8.4% |
| 1997 | 154,359 ha | -11.2% |
| 1998 | 135,946 ha | -11.9% |
| 1999 | 136,831 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 163,206 ha | +19.3% |
| 2001 | 172,431 ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 204,502 ha | +18.6% |
| 2003 | 246,340 ha | +20.5% |
| 2004 | 249,583 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 239,265 ha | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 253,475 ha | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 275,481 ha | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 239,959 ha | -12.9% |
| 2009 | 270,616 ha | +12.8% |
| 2010 | 322,818 ha | +19.3% |
| 2011 | 360,702 ha | +11.7% |
| 2012 | 323,849 ha | -10.2% |
| 2013 | 381,994 ha | +18.0% |
| 2014 | 355,756 ha | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 364,801 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 391,069 ha | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 421,576 ha | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 411,626 ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 409,907 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 421,733 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 435,074 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 449,286 ha | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 464,615 ha | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 479,881 ha | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 119,060 ha | 103,931 ha | 131,027 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 131,295 ha | 125,795 ha | 134,950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 135,704 ha | 130,550 ha | 141,650 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 153,764 ha | 135,946 ha | 189,827 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 231,486 ha | 163,206 ha | 275,481 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 374,410 ha | 322,818 ha | 421,576 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 450,118 ha | 421,733 ha | 479,881 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Middle Africa was 479,881 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 479,881 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 103,931 ha in 1966.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 16 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.