Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 1,116 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 1,116 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 55.2% on the previous year and down 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 2,489 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 437 ha, in 1989.
Pakistan ranks 70th of 113 countries on this measure, 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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 650 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,066 ha | +6.6% |
| 1976 | 863 ha | -19.0% |
| 1977 | 533 ha | -38.2% |
| 1978 | 651 ha | +22.1% |
| 1979 | 552 ha | -15.2% |
| 1980 | 843 ha | +52.7% |
| 1981 | 820 ha | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 1,342 ha | +63.7% |
| 1983 | 1,228 ha | -8.5% |
| 1984 | 1,134 ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 1,161 ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 1,078 ha | -7.1% |
| 1987 | 470 ha | -56.4% |
| 1988 | 503 ha | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 437 ha | -13.1% |
| 1990 | 509 ha | +16.5% |
| 1991 | 521 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 538 ha | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 645 ha | +19.9% |
| 1994 | 669 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 683 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 761 ha | +11.4% |
| 1997 | 776 ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 800 ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 825 ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 830 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 883 ha | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 908 ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 839 ha | -7.6% |
| 2004 | 956 ha | +13.9% |
| 2005 | 894 ha | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 841 ha | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 925 ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 880 ha | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 1,046 ha | +18.9% |
| 2010 | 1,081 ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 1,351 ha | +25.0% |
| 2012 | 1,578 ha | +16.8% |
| 2013 | 1,474 ha | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 1,422 ha | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 1,408 ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,550 ha | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 1,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,586 ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 1,688 ha | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 1,792 ha | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 1,726 ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 1,637 ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 2,489 ha | +52.0% |
| 2024 | 1,116 ha | -55.2% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 1,116 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,882 ha, 11% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 1,116 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 278.5 ha, 4.0× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +63.7% | 820 ha | 1,342 ha |
| 1987 | -56.4% | 1,078 ha | 470 ha |
| 2024 | -55.2% | 2,489 ha | 1,116 ha |
| 1980 | +52.7% | 552 ha | 843 ha |
| 2023 | +52.0% | 1,637 ha | 2,489 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 800 ha | 650 ha | 900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 856.5 ha | 533 ha | 1,066 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 901.6 ha | 437 ha | 1,342 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 672.7 ha | 509 ha | 825 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 900.2 ha | 830 ha | 1,046 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,469 ha | 1,081 ha | 1,688 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,752 ha | 1,116 ha | 2,489 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Pakistan was 1,116 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,489 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 437 ha in 1989.
- How does Pakistan rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 70th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.