Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Cuba
Cuba: Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre was 2.23 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Cuba, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Cuba stood at 2.23 t per square kilometre.
That represents a change of down 13.4% on the previous year and down 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Cuba peaked at 5.71 t per square kilometre in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.32 t per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Cuba 18th out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Cuba, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.32 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 1.87 t per square kilometre | +41.7% |
| 1963 | 2.23 t per square kilometre | +19.3% |
| 1964 | 2.33 t per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 2.33 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2.23 t per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 1967 | 2.14 t per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1968 | 2.17 t per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 2.23 t per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 2.14 t per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 2.28 t per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 1972 | 2.29 t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 2.24 t per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 2.31 t per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 2.31 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2.33 t per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 2.45 t per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 2.9 t per square kilometre | +18.3% |
| 1979 | 2.94 t per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 2.12 t per square kilometre | -27.8% |
| 1981 | 1.86 t per square kilometre | -12.4% |
| 1982 | 1.65 t per square kilometre | -11.2% |
| 1983 | 1.87 t per square kilometre | +13.3% |
| 1984 | 1.51 t per square kilometre | -19.2% |
| 1985 | 1.66 t per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 1.4 t per square kilometre | -15.8% |
| 1987 | 1.75 t per square kilometre | +25.5% |
| 1988 | 1.52 t per square kilometre | -13.1% |
| 1989 | 1.81 t per square kilometre | +19.1% |
| 1990 | 1.82 t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 1.79 t per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 2.56 t per square kilometre | +42.9% |
| 1993 | 1.68 t per square kilometre | -34.5% |
| 1994 | 1.82 t per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 1.97 t per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 1996 | 1.99 t per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 1.93 t per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 2.31 t per square kilometre | +19.4% |
| 1999 | 2.43 t per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 2.82 t per square kilometre | +15.9% |
| 2001 | 3.35 t per square kilometre | +19.1% |
| 2002 | 3.69 t per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 4.73 t per square kilometre | +28.3% |
| 2004 | 4.57 t per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 4.23 t per square kilometre | -7.5% |
| 2006 | 2.85 t per square kilometre | -32.7% |
| 2007 | 3.89 t per square kilometre | +36.6% |
| 2008 | 3.52 t per square kilometre | -9.4% |
| 2009 | 4.11 t per square kilometre | +16.6% |
| 2010 | 3.61 t per square kilometre | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 2.92 t per square kilometre | -19.3% |
| 2012 | 3.14 t per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 3.8 t per square kilometre | +21.0% |
| 2014 | 4.93 t per square kilometre | +29.6% |
| 2015 | 4.87 t per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 5.71 t per square kilometre | +17.3% |
| 2017 | 4.99 t per square kilometre | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 5.29 t per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 4.66 t per square kilometre | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 2.92 t per square kilometre | -37.5% |
| 2021 | 3.07 t per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 2.57 t per square kilometre | -16.1% |
| 2023 | 2.23 t per square kilometre | -13.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.1 t per square kilometre | 1.32 t per square kilometre | 2.33 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.42 t per square kilometre | 2.14 t per square kilometre | 2.94 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.72 t per square kilometre | 1.4 t per square kilometre | 2.12 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.03 t per square kilometre | 1.68 t per square kilometre | 2.56 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.78 t per square kilometre | 2.82 t per square kilometre | 4.73 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.39 t per square kilometre | 2.92 t per square kilometre | 5.71 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7 t per square kilometre | 2.23 t per square kilometre | 3.07 t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 15 Dominica 3.15 t per square kilometre compare
- 16 Bangladesh 2.34 t per square kilometre compare
- 17 Madagascar 2.24 t per square kilometre compare
- 19 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.14 t per square kilometre compare
- 20 Grenada 2.09 t per square kilometre compare
- 21 Japan 1.96 t per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Cuba?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Cuba was 2.23 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 5.71 t per square kilometre in 2016.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.32 t per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Cuba rank for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre?
- Cuba ranks 18th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.