Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Réunion
Réunion: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 33 ha in 2006. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Réunion, 1961–2006
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Réunion recorded 33 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2006.
That represents a change of up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Réunion peaked at 260 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 15 ha, in 1999.
That places Réunion 98th out of 113 countries with data for 2006, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Réunion, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 250 ha | — |
| 1962 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 250 ha | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 220 ha | -12.0% |
| 1973 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 240 ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 200 ha | -16.7% |
| 1979 | 100 ha | -50.0% |
| 1980 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1981 | 150 ha | +25.0% |
| 1982 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1984 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 1986 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 200 ha | -13.0% |
| 1989 | 150 ha | -25.0% |
| 1990 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 100 ha | -33.3% |
| 1993 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 50 ha | -50.0% |
| 1995 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 22 ha | -56.0% |
| 1997 | 30 ha | +36.4% |
| 1998 | 17 ha | -43.3% |
| 1999 | 15 ha | -11.8% |
| 2000 | 29 ha | +93.3% |
| 2001 | 30 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 30 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 37 ha | +23.3% |
| 2004 | 28 ha | -24.3% |
| 2005 | 33 ha | +17.9% |
| 2006 | 33 ha | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Réunion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +93.3% | 15 ha | 29 ha |
| 1996 | -56.0% | 50 ha | 22 ha |
| 1979 | -50.0% | 200 ha | 100 ha |
| 1994 | -50.0% | 100 ha | 50 ha |
| 1998 | -43.3% | 30 ha | 17 ha |
| 1997 | +36.4% | 22 ha | 30 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 251.11 ha | 250 ha | 260 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 214 ha | 100 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 184 ha | 120 ha | 230 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.4 ha | 15 ha | 150 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.43 ha | 28 ha | 37 ha | 7 |
Countries ranked near Réunion
- 95 Botswana 37 ha
- 96 Brunei Darussalam 35 ha compare
- 96 Saint Kitts and Nevis 35 ha compare
- 99 Belize 32 ha compare
- 100 Antigua and Barbuda 31 ha compare
- 101 Puerto Rico 29 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Réunion?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Réunion was 33 ha in 2006, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Réunion?
- The highest recorded value was 260 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Réunion?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 ha in 1999.
- How does Réunion rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Réunion ranks 98th out of 113 countries with data for 2006.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Réunion?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Réunion 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.