Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Somalia
Somalia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 892 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Somalia stood at 892 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Somalia peaked at 900 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1961.
That places Somalia 73rd out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 310 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 315 ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 320 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 325 ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 330 ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 340 ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 350 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 380 ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 390 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 400 ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 410 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 420 ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 430 ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 400 ha | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 1993 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1994 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 480 ha | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 520 ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 530 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 540 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 550 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 650 ha | +18.2% |
| 2002 | 648 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 700 ha | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 702 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 800 ha | +14.0% |
| 2006 | 750 ha | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 742 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 756 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 772 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 787 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 803 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 800 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 825 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 843 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 855 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 872 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 881 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 887 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 900 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 889 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 892 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 894 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 892 ha | -0.2% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 892 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 38,904 ha, 2% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 892 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 3% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +50.0% | 200 ha | 300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 211.11 ha | 200 ha | 300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 314 ha | 300 ha | 330 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 382 ha | 340 ha | 420 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 460 ha | 350 ha | 540 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 707 ha | 550 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 835.3 ha | 787 ha | 887 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 893.4 ha | 889 ha | 900 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Somalia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Somalia was 892 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 900 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Somalia ranks 73rd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.