Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Portugal
Portugal: Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre was 0.2533 t per square kilometre in 2017. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Portugal, 1961–2017
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 0.2533 t per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in 2017.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Portugal peaked at 0.8127 t per square kilometre in 1967 and was at its lowest, 0.1624 t per square kilometre, in 2011.
That places Portugal 53rd out of 99 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Portugal, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.5464 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.5464 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.6011 t per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 0.6557 t per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 0.7104 t per square kilometre | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 0.765 t per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 0.8127 t per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 0.7652 t per square kilometre | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 0.7622 t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 0.7463 t per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 0.754 t per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 0.746 t per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.7173 t per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 0.7393 t per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 0.733 t per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 0.7355 t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.7137 t per square kilometre | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 0.7138 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.7093 t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 0.7107 t per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.5048 t per square kilometre | -29.0% |
| 1982 | 0.5223 t per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 0.5758 t per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 1984 | 0.4331 t per square kilometre | -24.8% |
| 1985 | 0.5066 t per square kilometre | +17.0% |
| 1986 | 0.3865 t per square kilometre | -23.7% |
| 1987 | 0.3243 t per square kilometre | -16.1% |
| 1988 | 0.2963 t per square kilometre | -8.6% |
| 1989 | 0.306 t per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 0.2842 t per square kilometre | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 0.2951 t per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 0.2951 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.3279 t per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 0.2732 t per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 1995 | 0.2623 t per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2404 t per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 0.262 t per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 1998 | 0.2603 t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.2589 t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.2569 t per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.2634 t per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 0.2618 t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.2627 t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.2637 t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.2647 t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.2733 t per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.2842 t per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2952 t per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 0.2565 t per square kilometre | -13.1% |
| 2010 | 0.2414 t per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 0.1624 t per square kilometre | -32.7% |
| 2012 | 0.1812 t per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 0.2244 t per square kilometre | +23.8% |
| 2014 | 0.3618 t per square kilometre | +61.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2725 t per square kilometre | -24.7% |
| 2016 | 0.2504 t per square kilometre | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2533 t per square kilometre | +1.2% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 0.2533 t per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0469 t per square kilometre, 5.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +61.2% | 0.2244 t per square kilometre | 0.3618 t per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.685 t per square kilometre | 0.5464 t per square kilometre | 0.8127 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7308 t per square kilometre | 0.7093 t per square kilometre | 0.754 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4566 t per square kilometre | 0.2963 t per square kilometre | 0.7107 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2759 t per square kilometre | 0.2404 t per square kilometre | 0.3279 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2682 t per square kilometre | 0.2565 t per square kilometre | 0.2952 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2434 t per square kilometre | 0.1624 t per square kilometre | 0.3618 t per square kilometre | 8 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Portugal?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Portugal was 0.2533 t per square kilometre in 2017, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8127 t per square kilometre in 1967.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1624 t per square kilometre in 2011.
- How does Portugal rank for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre?
- Portugal ranks 53rd out of 99 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.