Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 1,213 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in New Zealand stood at 1,213 ha.
The figure is down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 1,462 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 160 ha, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 69th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160 ha | — |
| 1962 | 180 ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 382 ha | +81.9% |
| 1966 | 399 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 389 ha | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 402 ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 482 ha | +19.9% |
| 1970 | 445 ha | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 416 ha | -6.5% |
| 1972 | 448 ha | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 493 ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 528 ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 448 ha | -15.2% |
| 1976 | 524 ha | +17.0% |
| 1977 | 541 ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 1,005 ha | +85.8% |
| 1979 | 986 ha | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 696 ha | -29.4% |
| 1981 | 666 ha | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 426 ha | -36.0% |
| 1983 | 440 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 510 ha | +15.9% |
| 1985 | 510 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 457 ha | -10.4% |
| 1987 | 627 ha | +37.2% |
| 1988 | 628 ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 638 ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 778 ha | +21.9% |
| 1991 | 1,050 ha | +35.0% |
| 1992 | 816 ha | -22.3% |
| 1993 | 854 ha | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 1,048 ha | +22.7% |
| 1995 | 1,050 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 1,095 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 1,020 ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 1,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 1,211 ha | +21.1% |
| 2001 | 1,098 ha | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 985 ha | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 1,035 ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 1,200 ha | +15.9% |
| 2005 | 1,462 ha | +21.8% |
| 2006 | 1,400 ha | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 1,264 ha | -9.7% |
| 2008 | 1,100 ha | -13.0% |
| 2009 | 1,036 ha | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 1,221 ha | +17.9% |
| 2011 | 1,384 ha | +13.3% |
| 2012 | 1,228 ha | -11.3% |
| 2013 | 1,274 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 1,306 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 1,250 ha | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 1,209 ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 1,141 ha | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 1,200 ha | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 1,183 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 1,192 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 1,233 ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 1,213 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 1,213 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,213 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 311.56 ha | 160 ha | 482 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 583.4 ha | 416 ha | 1,005 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 559.8 ha | 426 ha | 696 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 971.1 ha | 778 ha | 1,095 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,179 ha | 985 ha | 1,462 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,240 ha | 1,141 ha | 1,384 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,213 ha | 1,192 ha | 1,233 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in New Zealand was 1,213 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,462 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 160 ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 69th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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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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.