Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 346,027 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United Republic of Tanzania recorded 346,027 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.9% on the previous year and down 53.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 788,603 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 29,000 ha, in 1963.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 29,000 ha | -9.4% |
| 1964 | 29,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 35,000 ha | +20.7% |
| 1966 | 36,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 37,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 38,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 34,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 1970 | 40,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1971 | 60,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1972 | 80,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1973 | 130,000 ha | +62.5% |
| 1974 | 140,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 160,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 175,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1977 | 180,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 190,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 190,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 189,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 130,000 ha | -31.2% |
| 1982 | 119,940 ha | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 116,840 ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 100,960 ha | -13.6% |
| 1985 | 290,000 ha | +187.2% |
| 1986 | 232,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1987 | 272,100 ha | +17.3% |
| 1988 | 196,100 ha | -27.9% |
| 1989 | 198,540 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 306,540 ha | +54.4% |
| 1991 | 232,000 ha | -24.3% |
| 1992 | 197,683 ha | -14.8% |
| 1993 | 215,500 ha | +9.0% |
| 1994 | 220,800 ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 293,100 ha | +32.7% |
| 1996 | 290,100 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 260,200 ha | -10.3% |
| 1998 | 371,800 ha | +42.9% |
| 1999 | 282,020 ha | -24.1% |
| 2000 | 407,200 ha | +44.4% |
| 2001 | 511,510 ha | +25.6% |
| 2002 | 423,440 ha | -17.2% |
| 2003 | 135,470 ha | -68.0% |
| 2004 | 517,530 ha | +282.0% |
| 2005 | 469,110 ha | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 505,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 371,871 ha | -26.4% |
| 2008 | 204,500 ha | -45.0% |
| 2009 | 651,940 ha | +218.8% |
| 2010 | 576,220 ha | -11.6% |
| 2011 | 699,073 ha | +21.3% |
| 2012 | 651,216 ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 788,603 ha | +21.1% |
| 2014 | 736,085 ha | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 746,601 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 684,812 ha | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 733,726 ha | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 530,526 ha | -27.7% |
| 2019 | 539,513 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 468,180 ha | -13.2% |
| 2021 | 396,974 ha | -15.2% |
| 2022 | 249,689 ha | -37.1% |
| 2023 | 279,305 ha | +11.9% |
| 2024 | 346,027 ha | +23.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +282.0% | 135,470 ha | 517,530 ha |
| 2009 | +218.8% | 204,500 ha | 651,940 ha |
| 1985 | +187.2% | 100,960 ha | 290,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,444 ha | 29,000 ha | 38,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 134,500 ha | 40,000 ha | 190,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 184,548 ha | 100,960 ha | 290,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 266,974 ha | 197,683 ha | 371,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 419,757 ha | 135,470 ha | 651,940 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 668,638 ha | 530,526 ha | 788,603 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 348,035 ha | 249,689 ha | 468,180 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Republic of Tanzania
- 1 China 2.32 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 2.31 million ha compare
- 3 Nigeria 1.51 million ha compare
- 4 Malawi 314,753 ha compare
- 5 Uganda 221,783 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania was 346,027 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 788,603 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,000 ha in 1963.
- How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- United Republic of Tanzania ranks 4th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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.