Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Italy
Italy: Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre was 0.0287 t per square kilometre in 2017. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Italy, 1961–2017
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2017, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Italy stood at 0.0287 t per square kilometre.
The figure is down 31.8% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Italy peaked at 0.1222 t per square kilometre in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0.0168 t per square kilometre, in 2012.
Italy ranks 79th of 99 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Italy, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0927 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0991 t per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 0.1104 t per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 1964 | 0.1222 t per square kilometre | +10.6% |
| 1965 | 0.121 t per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 0.1093 t per square kilometre | -9.7% |
| 1967 | 0.1215 t per square kilometre | +11.2% |
| 1968 | 0.1154 t per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0997 t per square kilometre | -13.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0888 t per square kilometre | -10.9% |
| 1971 | 0.0852 t per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0829 t per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0708 t per square kilometre | -14.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0798 t per square kilometre | +12.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0782 t per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0898 t per square kilometre | +14.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0836 t per square kilometre | -6.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0714 t per square kilometre | -14.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0697 t per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0728 t per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 0.069 t per square kilometre | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0564 t per square kilometre | -18.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0571 t per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0517 t per square kilometre | -9.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0466 t per square kilometre | -9.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0449 t per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0384 t per square kilometre | -14.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0371 t per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 0.035 t per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0384 t per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0422 t per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0552 t per square kilometre | +30.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0582 t per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0582 t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0485 t per square kilometre | -16.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0452 t per square kilometre | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0432 t per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0408 t per square kilometre | -5.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0348 t per square kilometre | -14.7% |
| 2000 | 0.049 t per square kilometre | +41.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0477 t per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0528 t per square kilometre | +10.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0698 t per square kilometre | +32.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0761 t per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0685 t per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0692 t per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.027 t per square kilometre | -61.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0276 t per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0263 t per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0294 t per square kilometre | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0345 t per square kilometre | +17.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0168 t per square kilometre | -51.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0215 t per square kilometre | +28.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0227 t per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0255 t per square kilometre | +12.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0421 t per square kilometre | +65.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0287 t per square kilometre | -31.8% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 0.0287 t per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0469 t per square kilometre, 61% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1101 t per square kilometre | 0.0927 t per square kilometre | 0.1222 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.08 t per square kilometre | 0.0697 t per square kilometre | 0.0898 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0509 t per square kilometre | 0.035 t per square kilometre | 0.0728 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0465 t per square kilometre | 0.0348 t per square kilometre | 0.0582 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0514 t per square kilometre | 0.0263 t per square kilometre | 0.0761 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0276 t per square kilometre | 0.0168 t per square kilometre | 0.0421 t per square kilometre | 8 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 76 El Salvador 0.0369 t per square kilometre compare
- 77 Pakistan 0.0325 t per square kilometre compare
- 78 New Caledonia 0.0303 t per square kilometre compare
- 80 Morocco 0.0281 t per square kilometre compare
- 81 Congo 0.0276 t per square kilometre compare
- 82 Puerto Rico 0.0274 t per square kilometre compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Italy?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Italy was 0.0287 t per square kilometre in 2017, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1222 t per square kilometre in 1964.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0168 t per square kilometre in 2012.
- How does Italy rank for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre?
- Italy ranks 79th out of 99 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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.