Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 221,783 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Uganda stood at 221,783 ha.
That represents a change of down 11.4% on the previous year and down 51.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 602,000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 106,000 ha, in 1967.
Uganda ranks 5th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 141,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 157,000 ha | +11.3% |
| 1963 | 173,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1964 | 174,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 170,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 150,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1967 | 106,000 ha | -29.3% |
| 1968 | 118,000 ha | +11.3% |
| 1969 | 270,000 ha | +128.8% |
| 1970 | 440,000 ha | +63.0% |
| 1971 | 495,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 509,900 ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 400,000 ha | -21.6% |
| 1974 | 506,000 ha | +26.5% |
| 1975 | 550,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1976 | 563,800 ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 467,300 ha | -17.1% |
| 1978 | 475,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 256,000 ha | -46.2% |
| 1980 | 231,000 ha | -9.8% |
| 1981 | 350,000 ha | +51.5% |
| 1982 | 372,000 ha | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 457,000 ha | +22.8% |
| 1984 | 387,000 ha | -15.3% |
| 1985 | 358,658 ha | -7.3% |
| 1986 | 407,327 ha | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 398,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 417,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 404,740 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 412,835 ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 425,220 ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 442,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 460,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 473,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 494,000 ha | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 516,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 529,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 544,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 539,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 555,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 572,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 589,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 595,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 602,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 590,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 584,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 578,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 427,000 ha | -26.1% |
| 2009 | 463,000 ha | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 442,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 449,514 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 452,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 452,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 454,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 454,478 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 434,403 ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 448,548 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 348,192 ha | -22.4% |
| 2019 | 238,898 ha | -31.4% |
| 2020 | 252,617 ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 258,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 309,000 ha | +19.8% |
| 2023 | 250,384 ha | -19.0% |
| 2024 | 221,783 ha | -11.4% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 221,783 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 38,904 ha, 5.7× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 221,783 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 7.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Uganda changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +128.8% | 118,000 ha | 270,000 ha |
| 1970 | +63.0% | 270,000 ha | 440,000 ha |
| 1981 | +51.5% | 231,000 ha | 350,000 ha |
| 1979 | -46.2% | 475,700 ha | 256,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 162,111 ha | 106,000 ha | 270,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 466,370 ha | 256,000 ha | 563,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 378,272 ha | 231,000 ha | 457,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 483,506 ha | 412,835 ha | 544,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 555,500 ha | 427,000 ha | 602,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 417,403 ha | 238,898 ha | 454,478 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 258,357 ha | 221,783 ha | 309,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 2 China, mainland 2.31 million ha compare
- 3 Nigeria 1.51 million ha compare
- 4 Malawi 314,753 ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 346,027 ha compare
- 6 Angola 200,311 ha compare
- 6 Melanesia 153,788 ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 124,893 ha compare
- 7 Rwanda 179,717 ha compare
- 8 Madagascar 150,429 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 80,807 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Uganda?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Uganda was 221,783 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 602,000 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 106,000 ha in 1967.
- How does Uganda rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 5th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.