Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 264 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in New Caledonia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in New Caledonia stood at 264 ha.
The figure is up 10.9% on the previous year and down 47.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in New Caledonia peaked at 900 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 106 ha, in 2001.
That places New Caledonia 82nd out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in New Caledonia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 900 ha | +50.0% |
| 1967 | 630 ha | -30.0% |
| 1968 | 630 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 630 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 650 ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 710 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 720 ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 730 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 730 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 750 ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 760 ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 770 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 770 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 770 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 770 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 770 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 760 ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 750 ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 740 ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 700 ha | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 662 ha | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 609 ha | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 542 ha | -11.0% |
| 1995 | 465 ha | -14.2% |
| 1996 | 379 ha | -18.5% |
| 1997 | 253 ha | -33.2% |
| 1998 | 220 ha | -13.0% |
| 1999 | 167 ha | -24.1% |
| 2000 | 134 ha | -19.8% |
| 2001 | 106 ha | -20.9% |
| 2002 | 196 ha | +84.9% |
| 2003 | 325 ha | +65.8% |
| 2004 | 643 ha | +97.8% |
| 2005 | 682 ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 607 ha | -11.0% |
| 2007 | 594 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 786 ha | +32.3% |
| 2009 | 595 ha | -24.3% |
| 2010 | 900 ha | +51.3% |
| 2011 | 400 ha | -55.6% |
| 2012 | 300 ha | -25.0% |
| 2013 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 2014 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 297 ha | -25.8% |
| 2018 | 351 ha | +18.2% |
| 2019 | 305 ha | -13.1% |
| 2020 | 324 ha | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 273 ha | -15.7% |
| 2022 | 257 ha | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 238 ha | -7.4% |
| 2024 | 264 ha | +10.9% |
New Caledonia compared with similar countries
- New Caledonia's 264 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 239 ha, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- New Caledonia's 264 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,397 ha, 6% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in New Caledonia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +97.8% | 325 ha | 643 ha |
| 2002 | +84.9% | 106 ha | 196 ha |
| 2003 | +65.8% | 196 ha | 325 ha |
| 2011 | -55.6% | 900 ha | 400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 643.33 ha | 600 ha | 900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 686 ha | 650 ha | 730 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 760 ha | 730 ha | 770 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 473.7 ha | 167 ha | 740 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 466.8 ha | 106 ha | 786 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 435.3 ha | 297 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 271.2 ha | 238 ha | 324 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Caledonia
More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.8 % change on previous year (2017)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0179 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 596.77 current US$ per person (2019)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2271 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3183 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2019)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in New Caledonia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in New Caledonia was 264 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 900 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 106 ha in 2001.
- How does New Caledonia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- New Caledonia ranks 82nd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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.