Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)
Small island developing States (SIDS): Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 266,511 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) stood at 266,511 ha.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) peaked at 321,012 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 173,629 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 173,629 ha | — |
| 1962 | 190,160 ha | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 202,823 ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 210,353 ha | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 212,924 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 215,954 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 213,801 ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 221,113 ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 223,189 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 226,340 ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 230,386 ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 227,743 ha | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 235,019 ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 241,568 ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 247,422 ha | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 251,860 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 253,817 ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 260,248 ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 255,373 ha | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 237,775 ha | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 231,221 ha | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 234,985 ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 239,925 ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 229,265 ha | -4.4% |
| 1985 | 259,890 ha | +13.4% |
| 1986 | 241,247 ha | -7.2% |
| 1987 | 243,133 ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 251,341 ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 247,795 ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 250,411 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 246,073 ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 270,196 ha | +9.8% |
| 1993 | 248,590 ha | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 258,630 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 257,286 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 251,433 ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 242,699 ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 254,473 ha | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 240,973 ha | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 242,715 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 247,279 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 253,435 ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 257,699 ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 257,612 ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 279,114 ha | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 243,215 ha | -12.9% |
| 2007 | 280,110 ha | +15.2% |
| 2008 | 283,299 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 302,569 ha | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 321,012 ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 290,449 ha | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 297,850 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 272,499 ha | -8.5% |
| 2014 | 286,224 ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 282,406 ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 267,784 ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 250,680 ha | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 289,228 ha | +15.4% |
| 2019 | 261,064 ha | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 242,405 ha | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 247,254 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 247,345 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 261,206 ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 266,511 ha | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 207,105 ha | 173,629 ha | 223,189 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 242,978 ha | 226,340 ha | 260,248 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 241,658 ha | 229,265 ha | 259,890 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 252,076 ha | 240,973 ha | 270,196 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 264,705 ha | 242,715 ha | 302,569 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 281,920 ha | 250,680 ha | 321,012 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 252,944 ha | 242,405 ha | 266,511 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small island developing States (SIDS)
- 2 China, mainland 2.31 million ha compare
- 3 Nigeria 1.51 million ha compare
- 4 Malawi 314,753 ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 346,027 ha compare
- 5 Uganda 221,783 ha compare
- 6 Angola 200,311 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 153,788 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 124,893 ha compare
- 7 Rwanda 179,717 ha compare
- 8 Madagascar 150,429 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 80,807 ha compare
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 6.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 7.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 10.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 13.08 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) was 266,511 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 321,012 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 173,629 ha in 1961.
- How does Small island developing States (SIDS) rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 5th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small island developing States (SIDS) 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.