Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 145,440 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Southern Asia stood at 145,440 ha.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 369,367 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 137,983 ha, in 2019.
That places Southern Asia 12th 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 212,023 ha | — |
| 1962 | 187,558 ha | -11.5% |
| 1963 | 191,101 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 188,944 ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 215,760 ha | +14.2% |
| 1966 | 238,768 ha | +10.7% |
| 1967 | 284,869 ha | +19.3% |
| 1968 | 310,817 ha | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 331,424 ha | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 304,565 ha | -8.1% |
| 1971 | 294,607 ha | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 274,773 ha | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 290,902 ha | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 321,848 ha | +10.6% |
| 1975 | 346,841 ha | +7.8% |
| 1976 | 369,367 ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 333,184 ha | -9.8% |
| 1978 | 331,209 ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 309,743 ha | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 294,740 ha | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 293,947 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 308,533 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 298,518 ha | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 298,605 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 269,771 ha | -9.7% |
| 1986 | 245,246 ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 243,206 ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 226,433 ha | -6.9% |
| 1989 | 222,495 ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 221,654 ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 214,734 ha | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 195,845 ha | -8.8% |
| 1993 | 195,658 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 198,497 ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 200,173 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 196,129 ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 182,894 ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 171,818 ha | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 184,912 ha | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 164,013 ha | -11.3% |
| 2001 | 162,184 ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 178,724 ha | +10.2% |
| 2003 | 177,242 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 176,484 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 176,354 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 164,642 ha | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 164,078 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 162,273 ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 163,162 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 157,083 ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 150,925 ha | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 142,256 ha | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 146,198 ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 138,790 ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 138,559 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 156,945 ha | +13.3% |
| 2017 | 159,170 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 160,689 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 137,983 ha | -14.1% |
| 2020 | 138,429 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 138,281 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 141,701 ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 145,931 ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 145,440 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 240,140 ha | 187,558 ha | 331,424 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 317,704 ha | 274,773 ha | 369,367 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 270,149 ha | 222,495 ha | 308,533 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 196,231 ha | 171,818 ha | 221,654 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 168,916 ha | 162,184 ha | 178,724 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 148,860 ha | 137,983 ha | 160,689 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 141,956 ha | 138,281 ha | 145,931 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 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
- 14 Philippines 80,901 ha compare
- 15 Burundi 80,064 ha compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate -2.14 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Southern Asia was 145,440 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 369,367 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 137,983 ha in 2019.
- How does Southern Asia rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 12th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern 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.