Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Western Africa
Western Africa: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 1.83 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Western Africa is 1.83 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Western Africa peaked at 1.83 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 56,160 ha, in 1982.
Western Africa ranks 6th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 74,562 ha | — |
| 1962 | 94,997 ha | +27.4% |
| 1963 | 78,420 ha | -17.5% |
| 1964 | 72,886 ha | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 81,372 ha | +11.6% |
| 1966 | 85,986 ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 91,473 ha | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 89,112 ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 89,815 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 83,126 ha | -7.4% |
| 1971 | 83,826 ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 76,648 ha | -8.6% |
| 1973 | 73,577 ha | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 76,937 ha | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 76,780 ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 77,950 ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 75,815 ha | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 72,575 ha | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 67,157 ha | -7.5% |
| 1980 | 63,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 58,089 ha | -7.8% |
| 1982 | 56,160 ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 60,716 ha | +8.1% |
| 1984 | 67,903 ha | +11.8% |
| 1985 | 64,732 ha | -4.7% |
| 1986 | 68,768 ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 78,017 ha | +13.4% |
| 1988 | 82,340 ha | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 87,144 ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 100,857 ha | +15.7% |
| 1991 | 105,700 ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 128,263 ha | +21.3% |
| 1993 | 154,393 ha | +20.4% |
| 1994 | 156,071 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 389,484 ha | +149.6% |
| 1996 | 465,265 ha | +19.5% |
| 1997 | 484,030 ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 451,691 ha | -6.7% |
| 1999 | 985,297 ha | +118.1% |
| 2000 | 998,977 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.00 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 1.06 million ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 1.11 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 1.17 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 1.20 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 1.24 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 1.38 million ha | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 1.34 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 1.30 million ha | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 1.55 million ha | +19.0% |
| 2011 | 1.57 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.59 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 1.68 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 1.73 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 1.78 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 1.71 million ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 1.78 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 1.76 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 1.74 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 1.80 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 1.80 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.80 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1.82 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1.83 million ha | +1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Western Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +149.6% | 156,071 ha | 389,484 ha |
| 1999 | +118.1% | 451,691 ha | 985,297 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 84,291 ha | 72,886 ha | 94,997 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 76,439 ha | 67,157 ha | 83,826 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 68,687 ha | 56,160 ha | 87,144 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 342,105 ha | 100,857 ha | 985,297 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.18 million ha | 998,977 ha | 1.38 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.69 million ha | 1.55 million ha | 1.78 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.81 million ha | 1.80 million ha | 1.83 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 3 Nigeria 1.51 million ha compare
- 4 Malawi 314,753 ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 346,027 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
- 8 Madagascar 150,429 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 80,807 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 42,159 ha compare
- 9 Papua New Guinea 142,854 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.0113 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 3.8 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested in Western Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Western Africa was 1.83 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.83 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,160 ha in 1982.
- How does Western Africa rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Western Africa ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.