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 14th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Philippines, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 146,040 ha | — |
| 1962 | 135,090 ha | -7.5% |
| 1963 | 161,530 ha | +19.6% |
| 1964 | 157,990 ha | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 146,080 ha | -7.5% |
| 1966 | 139,290 ha | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 131,510 ha | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 131,800 ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 134,680 ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 134,620 ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 128,310 ha | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 139,400 ha | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 144,280 ha | +3.5% |
| 1974 | 181,000 ha | +25.5% |
| 1975 | 195,730 ha | +8.1% |
| 1976 | 208,670 ha | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 221,730 ha | +6.3% |
| 1978 | 227,590 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 237,980 ha | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 235,880 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 178,901 ha | -24.2% |
| 1982 | 174,032 ha | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 150,554 ha | -13.5% |
| 1984 | 149,683 ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 150,188 ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 155,155 ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 149,618 ha | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 144,140 ha | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 138,322 ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 136,717 ha | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 136,376 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 140,663 ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 146,553 ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 146,111 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 145,236 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 141,006 ha | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 141,701 ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 130,387 ha | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 132,349 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 127,682 ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 124,637 ha | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 122,487 ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 122,239 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 120,531 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 120,638 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 118,829 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 117,584 ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 116,465 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 114,380 ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 109,438 ha | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 103,704 ha | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 101,087 ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 94,844 ha | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 88,968 ha | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 85,843 ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 84,752 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 84,974 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 84,045 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 83,338 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 83,694 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 83,306 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 82,879 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 90,732 ha | +9.5% |
| 2024 | 80,901 ha | -10.8% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 80,901 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,598 ha, 31.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 80,901 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,397 ha, 18.4× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Philippines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +25.5% | 144,280 ha | 181,000 ha |
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
- 11 Mozambique 100,470 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 1,927 ha compare
- 12 Cameroon 93,378 ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,745 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,092 ha compare
- 13 Guinea 83,476 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 98,853 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 719 ha compare
- 15 Burundi 80,064 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 571 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 571 ha compare
- 16 Ghana 78,611 ha compare
- 17 Indonesia 68,630 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (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 14th out of 113 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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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.