Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 52,508 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Northern 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 Northern Africa is 52,508 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 11.3% on the previous year and up 136.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 52,508 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,400 ha, in 1989.
Northern Africa ranks 17th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,035 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,349 ha | -13.6% |
| 1963 | 4,582 ha | +5.4% |
| 1964 | 4,951 ha | +8.1% |
| 1965 | 4,712 ha | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 4,488 ha | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 3,786 ha | -15.6% |
| 1968 | 4,415 ha | +16.6% |
| 1969 | 4,935 ha | +11.8% |
| 1970 | 5,035 ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 4,686 ha | -6.9% |
| 1972 | 5,106 ha | +9.0% |
| 1973 | 4,686 ha | -8.2% |
| 1974 | 4,806 ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 5,546 ha | +15.4% |
| 1976 | 5,126 ha | -7.6% |
| 1977 | 5,051 ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 4,679 ha | -7.4% |
| 1979 | 6,144 ha | +31.3% |
| 1980 | 5,370 ha | -12.6% |
| 1981 | 5,681 ha | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 7,330 ha | +29.0% |
| 1983 | 5,260 ha | -28.2% |
| 1984 | 5,480 ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 6,440 ha | +17.5% |
| 1986 | 5,700 ha | -11.5% |
| 1987 | 3,770 ha | -33.9% |
| 1988 | 6,320 ha | +67.6% |
| 1989 | 3,400 ha | -46.2% |
| 1990 | 5,766 ha | +69.6% |
| 1991 | 6,615 ha | +14.7% |
| 1992 | 5,132 ha | -22.4% |
| 1993 | 7,032 ha | +37.0% |
| 1994 | 7,576 ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 7,522 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 7,556 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 12,313 ha | +63.0% |
| 1998 | 15,646 ha | +27.1% |
| 1999 | 16,465 ha | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 15,295 ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 17,697 ha | +15.7% |
| 2002 | 14,247 ha | -19.5% |
| 2003 | 19,972 ha | +40.2% |
| 2004 | 18,772 ha | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 29,900 ha | +59.3% |
| 2006 | 41,756 ha | +39.7% |
| 2007 | 20,658 ha | -50.5% |
| 2008 | 18,814 ha | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 22,872 ha | +21.6% |
| 2010 | 23,265 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 19,964 ha | -14.2% |
| 2012 | 22,167 ha | +11.0% |
| 2013 | 23,624 ha | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 22,231 ha | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 29,213 ha | +31.4% |
| 2016 | 38,377 ha | +31.4% |
| 2017 | 35,502 ha | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 40,650 ha | +14.5% |
| 2019 | 38,935 ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 46,205 ha | +18.7% |
| 2021 | 41,458 ha | -10.3% |
| 2022 | 44,589 ha | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 47,185 ha | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 52,508 ha | +11.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,584 ha | 3,786 ha | 5,035 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,086 ha | 4,679 ha | 6,144 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,475 ha | 3,400 ha | 7,330 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,162 ha | 5,132 ha | 16,465 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,998 ha | 14,247 ha | 41,756 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,393 ha | 19,964 ha | 40,650 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,389 ha | 41,458 ha | 52,508 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Northern Africa was 52,508 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 52,508 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,400 ha in 1989.
- How does Northern Africa rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 17th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 136.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern 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.