Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 59,975 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Northern America, 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 America is 59,975 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 17.3% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 82,026 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 31,500 ha, in 1991.
Northern America ranks 15th of 26 groups on this measure, 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 Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 74,186 ha | — |
| 1962 | 82,026 ha | +10.6% |
| 1963 | 69,151 ha | -15.7% |
| 1964 | 61,218 ha | -11.5% |
| 1965 | 68,055 ha | +11.2% |
| 1966 | 62,505 ha | -8.2% |
| 1967 | 56,481 ha | -9.6% |
| 1968 | 54,728 ha | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 55,215 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 51,537 ha | -6.7% |
| 1971 | 45,590 ha | -11.5% |
| 1972 | 45,873 ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 45,185 ha | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 47,812 ha | +5.8% |
| 1975 | 46,282 ha | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 46,457 ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 43,341 ha | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 45,410 ha | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 46,220 ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 41,360 ha | -10.5% |
| 1981 | 44,430 ha | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 46,700 ha | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 41,516 ha | -11.1% |
| 1984 | 41,710 ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 41,880 ha | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 36,850 ha | -12.0% |
| 1987 | 36,050 ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 34,657 ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 34,845 ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 36,200 ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 31,500 ha | -13.0% |
| 1992 | 33,350 ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 32,370 ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 33,470 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 33,630 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 33,870 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 33,220 ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 33,870 ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 33,590 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 38,365 ha | +14.2% |
| 2001 | 37,879 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 33,306 ha | -12.1% |
| 2003 | 37,474 ha | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 37,555 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 35,775 ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 35,329 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 39,417 ha | +11.6% |
| 2008 | 39,376 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 39,214 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 47,308 ha | +20.6% |
| 2011 | 52,488 ha | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 51,230 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 45,810 ha | -10.6% |
| 2014 | 54,710 ha | +19.4% |
| 2015 | 61,960 ha | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 66,085 ha | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 64,470 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 58,440 ha | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 59,367 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 62,848 ha | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 63,415 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 56,657 ha | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 51,112 ha | -9.8% |
| 2024 | 59,975 ha | +17.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,841 ha | 54,728 ha | 82,026 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,371 ha | 43,341 ha | 51,537 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,000 ha | 34,657 ha | 46,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,507 ha | 31,500 ha | 36,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,369 ha | 33,306 ha | 39,417 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56,187 ha | 45,810 ha | 66,085 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,801 ha | 51,112 ha | 63,415 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Northern America?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Northern America was 59,975 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 82,026 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,500 ha in 1991.
- How does Northern America rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.