Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 72 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines stood at 72 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 25.0% on the previous year and down 97.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines peaked at 5,600 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 72 ha, in 2024.
That places Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 91st out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,619 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,619 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,833 ha | +75.0% |
| 1964 | 2,833 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,237 ha | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 3,237 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,500 ha | -53.7% |
| 1968 | 1,174 ha | -21.7% |
| 1969 | 959 ha | -18.3% |
| 1970 | 1,050 ha | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 1,350 ha | +28.6% |
| 1972 | 1,100 ha | -18.5% |
| 1973 | 1,370 ha | +24.5% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | -27.0% |
| 1975 | 944 ha | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 1,560 ha | +65.3% |
| 1977 | 538 ha | -65.5% |
| 1978 | 770 ha | +43.1% |
| 1979 | 710 ha | -7.8% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | +40.8% |
| 1981 | 700 ha | -30.0% |
| 1982 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 550 ha | -26.7% |
| 1984 | 1,160 ha | +110.9% |
| 1985 | 4,250 ha | +266.4% |
| 1986 | 5,600 ha | +31.8% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | -55.4% |
| 1988 | 4,500 ha | +80.0% |
| 1989 | 2,650 ha | -41.1% |
| 1990 | 2,140 ha | -19.2% |
| 1991 | 2,200 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 1,700 ha | -26.1% |
| 1994 | 1,190 ha | -30.0% |
| 1995 | 1,050 ha | -11.8% |
| 1996 | 1,200 ha | +14.3% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1998 | 1,400 ha | +40.0% |
| 1999 | 1,363 ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 1,050 ha | -23.0% |
| 2001 | 950 ha | -9.5% |
| 2002 | 900 ha | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 750 ha | -16.7% |
| 2004 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 1,500 ha | +66.7% |
| 2007 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2008 | 1,900 ha | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 2,300 ha | +21.1% |
| 2010 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 2,450 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 2,480 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 2,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 715 ha | -71.4% |
| 2016 | 344 ha | -51.9% |
| 2017 | 235 ha | -31.7% |
| 2018 | 242 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 279 ha | +15.3% |
| 2020 | 247 ha | -11.5% |
| 2021 | 161 ha | -34.8% |
| 2022 | 113 ha | -29.8% |
| 2023 | 96 ha | -15.0% |
| 2024 | 72 ha | -25.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,112 ha | 959 ha | 3,237 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,039 ha | 538 ha | 1,560 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,366 ha | 550 ha | 5,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,554 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,305 ha | 750 ha | 2,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,414 ha | 235 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 137.8 ha | 72 ha | 247 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0344 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 431.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9414 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5202 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was 72 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The highest recorded value was 5,600 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The lowest recorded value was 72 ha in 2024.
- How does Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 91st out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 97.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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.