Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 483 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Morocco stood at 483 ha.
The figure is down 13.6% on the previous year and down 42.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 1,400 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 35 ha, in 1961.
That places Morocco 91st 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 | 35 ha | 35 ha | 35 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 62 ha | 35 ha | 65 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 379.5 ha | 65 ha | 1,050 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 864.5 ha | 545 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 605.5 ha | 455 ha | 765 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 825.8 ha | 457 ha | 1,079 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 612.4 ha | 483 ha | 860 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 88 Micronesia (Federated States of) 571 ha compare
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- 90 Bahamas 538 ha compare
- 92 Dominica 390 ha compare
- 93 Italy 388 ha compare
- 94 Guadeloupe 370 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture share gdp 10.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 36.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 14.17 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 19.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 310,110 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Morocco?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Morocco was 483 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 91st out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Morocco 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.