Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 3,577 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Southern Europe stood at 3,577 ha.
The figure is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 31.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 17,736 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2,311 ha, in 2012.
Southern Europe ranks 21st of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,736 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,255 ha | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 17,518 ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 16,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 1965 | 14,986 ha | -6.3% |
| 1966 | 15,050 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 14,691 ha | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 14,233 ha | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 14,195 ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 13,697 ha | -3.5% |
| 1971 | 14,973 ha | +9.3% |
| 1972 | 14,541 ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 13,669 ha | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 12,984 ha | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 13,011 ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 13,399 ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 13,192 ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 12,714 ha | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 12,473 ha | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 12,455 ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 10,300 ha | -17.3% |
| 1982 | 10,214 ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 10,416 ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 8,556 ha | -17.9% |
| 1985 | 9,284 ha | +8.5% |
| 1986 | 7,829 ha | -15.7% |
| 1987 | 7,576 ha | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 6,436 ha | -15.0% |
| 1989 | 5,667 ha | -11.9% |
| 1990 | 5,937 ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 6,083 ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 5,552 ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 5,896 ha | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 5,009 ha | -15.0% |
| 1995 | 4,248 ha | -15.2% |
| 1996 | 4,444 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 4,526 ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 4,234 ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 5,549 ha | +31.1% |
| 2000 | 5,097 ha | -8.1% |
| 2001 | 5,717 ha | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 5,891 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 5,570 ha | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 6,397 ha | +14.8% |
| 2005 | 6,239 ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 6,222 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 5,218 ha | -16.1% |
| 2008 | 5,421 ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 3,814 ha | -29.6% |
| 2010 | 3,042 ha | -20.2% |
| 2011 | 2,421 ha | -20.4% |
| 2012 | 2,311 ha | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 2,596 ha | +12.3% |
| 2014 | 3,258 ha | +25.5% |
| 2015 | 3,208 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 3,758 ha | +17.1% |
| 2017 | 3,577 ha | -4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,740 ha | 14,195 ha | 17,736 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,465 ha | 12,473 ha | 14,973 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,873 ha | 5,667 ha | 12,455 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,148 ha | 4,234 ha | 6,083 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,559 ha | 3,814 ha | 6,397 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,021 ha | 2,311 ha | 3,758 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Southern Europe was 3,577 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 17,736 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,311 ha in 2012.
- How does Southern Europe rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 21st out of 26 groups with data for 2017.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.