Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 255,878 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in South-Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia stood at 255,878 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and down 36.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia peaked at 1.03 million ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 255,878 ha, in 2024.
South-Eastern Asia ranks 10th of 26 groups on this measure, 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-Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 773,957 ha | — |
| 1962 | 931,756 ha | +20.4% |
| 1963 | 895,487 ha | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 1.03 million ha | +15.2% |
| 1965 | 811,392 ha | -21.3% |
| 1966 | 785,520 ha | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 737,047 ha | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 780,192 ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 745,616 ha | -4.4% |
| 1970 | 734,373 ha | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 727,068 ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 727,246 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 770,398 ha | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 759,473 ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 730,172 ha | -3.9% |
| 1976 | 778,500 ha | +6.6% |
| 1977 | 897,131 ha | +15.2% |
| 1978 | 907,925 ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 947,280 ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 990,820 ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 927,105 ha | -6.4% |
| 1982 | 829,833 ha | -10.5% |
| 1983 | 816,103 ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 768,466 ha | -5.8% |
| 1985 | 752,048 ha | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 762,311 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 742,400 ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 774,467 ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 751,449 ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 712,970 ha | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 743,800 ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 811,634 ha | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 793,278 ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 732,612 ha | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 715,098 ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 658,271 ha | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 644,927 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 627,048 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 608,413 ha | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 616,295 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 587,904 ha | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 578,695 ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 584,894 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 545,912 ha | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 522,499 ha | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 511,893 ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 508,020 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 482,835 ha | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 485,626 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 471,709 ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 455,870 ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 450,818 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 417,932 ha | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 400,958 ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 381,453 ha | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 351,921 ha | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 336,140 ha | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 315,668 ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 300,119 ha | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 292,988 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 275,376 ha | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 281,395 ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 264,772 ha | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 255,878 ha | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 832,480 ha | 737,047 ha | 1.03 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 797,957 ha | 727,068 ha | 947,280 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 811,500 ha | 742,400 ha | 990,820 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 704,805 ha | 608,413 ha | 811,634 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 542,457 ha | 482,835 ha | 616,295 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 388,259 ha | 300,119 ha | 471,709 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 274,082 ha | 255,878 ha | 292,988 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South-Eastern Asia
- 7 Rwanda 179,717 ha compare
- 8 Madagascar 150,429 ha compare
- 9 Papua New Guinea 142,854 ha compare
- 10 India 111,866 ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 100,470 ha compare
- 12 Cameroon 93,378 ha compare
- 13 Guinea 83,476 ha compare
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- Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks 59.39 million An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production 10.66 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 10,449 g/An (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production 7.33 million t (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 19,224 kg/ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 381,467 ha (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Production 234.22 million t (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Yield 4,344 kg/ha (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Area harvested 53.92 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia was 255,878 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 million ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 255,878 ha in 2024.
- How does South-Eastern Asia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- South-Eastern Asia ranks 10th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South-Eastern Asia 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.