Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in South America
South America: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 111,086 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in South America is 111,086 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in South America peaked at 272,144 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 87,266 ha, in 2013.
That places South America 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 222,918 ha | — |
| 1962 | 227,094 ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 236,774 ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 238,129 ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 248,914 ha | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 252,849 ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 267,127 ha | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 260,563 ha | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 272,144 ha | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 269,313 ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 267,108 ha | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 254,916 ha | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 245,846 ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 226,657 ha | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 243,011 ha | +7.2% |
| 1976 | 226,899 ha | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 203,925 ha | -10.1% |
| 1978 | 182,011 ha | -10.7% |
| 1979 | 174,591 ha | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 165,493 ha | -5.2% |
| 1981 | 153,429 ha | -7.3% |
| 1982 | 158,679 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 151,302 ha | -4.6% |
| 1984 | 159,327 ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 155,121 ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 154,619 ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 147,996 ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 142,363 ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 136,003 ha | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 121,156 ha | -10.9% |
| 1991 | 124,823 ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 111,142 ha | -11.0% |
| 1993 | 111,570 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 113,668 ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 106,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 99,042 ha | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 104,355 ha | +5.4% |
| 1998 | 100,738 ha | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 98,209 ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 101,183 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 106,750 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 111,803 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 109,016 ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 106,017 ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 105,943 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 106,224 ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 97,400 ha | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 91,354 ha | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 91,680 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 90,588 ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 93,100 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 89,512 ha | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 87,266 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 88,833 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 92,528 ha | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 95,320 ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 100,738 ha | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 99,008 ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 104,619 ha | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 104,864 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 104,700 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 104,108 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 107,787 ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 111,086 ha | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 247,390 ha | 222,918 ha | 272,144 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 229,428 ha | 174,591 ha | 269,313 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 152,433 ha | 136,003 ha | 165,493 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 109,070 ha | 98,209 ha | 124,823 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 102,737 ha | 91,354 ha | 111,803 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 94,151 ha | 87,266 ha | 104,619 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 106,509 ha | 104,108 ha | 111,086 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in South America?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in South America was 111,086 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 272,144 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 87,266 ha in 2013.
- How does South America rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- South America ranks 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South America 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.