Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Philippines
Philippines: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 80,901 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Philippines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Philippines stood at 80,901 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.8% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Philippines peaked at 237,980 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 80,901 ha, in 2024.
Philippines ranks 18th of 126 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 142,668 ha | 131,510 ha | 161,530 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 181,931 ha | 128,310 ha | 237,980 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 162,647 ha | 138,322 ha | 235,880 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 139,710 ha | 130,387 ha | 146,553 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 120,547 ha | 114,380 ha | 127,682 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 92,099 ha | 83,338 ha | 109,438 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,302 ha | 80,901 ha | 90,732 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture share gdp 8.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 44.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 51.65 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 41.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 5.64 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Philippines?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Philippines was 80,901 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 237,980 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 80,901 ha in 2024.
- How does Philippines rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Philippines ranks 18th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Philippines 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.