Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 28,827 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Southern Africa stood at 28,827 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and up 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 36,090 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 13,485 ha, in 1983.
Southern Africa ranks 19th of 26 groups on this measure, 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,540 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,600 ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 16,600 ha | +6.4% |
| 1964 | 16,800 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 16,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 16,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 16,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 15,900 ha | -5.4% |
| 1969 | 16,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 14,800 ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 14,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 14,200 ha | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 14,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 14,493 ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 14,803 ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 13,550 ha | -8.5% |
| 1978 | 17,500 ha | +29.2% |
| 1979 | 18,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 17,200 ha | -4.4% |
| 1981 | 14,063 ha | -18.2% |
| 1982 | 13,910 ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 13,485 ha | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 16,314 ha | +21.0% |
| 1985 | 15,988 ha | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 16,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 17,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1988 | 18,213 ha | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 16,945 ha | -7.0% |
| 1990 | 17,426 ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 18,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 17,117 ha | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 18,800 ha | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 19,577 ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 16,817 ha | -14.1% |
| 1996 | 15,827 ha | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 16,850 ha | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 17,572 ha | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 16,039 ha | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 16,118 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 17,501 ha | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 16,352 ha | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 15,900 ha | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 17,370 ha | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 17,580 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 16,300 ha | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 16,837 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 17,773 ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 22,358 ha | +25.8% |
| 2010 | 22,704 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 19,548 ha | -13.9% |
| 2012 | 19,726 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 23,234 ha | +17.8% |
| 2014 | 22,639 ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 23,746 ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 22,864 ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 27,664 ha | +21.0% |
| 2018 | 32,366 ha | +17.0% |
| 2019 | 34,832 ha | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 32,541 ha | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 31,774 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 36,090 ha | +13.6% |
| 2023 | 30,453 ha | -15.6% |
| 2024 | 28,827 ha | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,316 ha | 15,540 ha | 16,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,165 ha | 13,550 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,962 ha | 13,485 ha | 18,213 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,402 ha | 15,827 ha | 19,577 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,409 ha | 15,900 ha | 22,358 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,932 ha | 19,548 ha | 34,832 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,937 ha | 28,827 ha | 36,090 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Southern Africa was 28,827 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 36,090 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,485 ha in 1983.
- How does Southern Africa rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.