Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100) by country
The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.
Countries reporting
105
Highest
972.39
Guatemala
Lowest
13.34
Trinidad and Tobago
Median
93.69
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
8,522
What the numbers show
Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100) is currently reported for 105 countries. The highest value is 972.39 in Guatemala; the lowest is 13.34 in Trinidad and Tobago.
The median across all reporting countries is 93.69, and the mean is 107.76.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 73.
Over the past decade 39 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 1,947.1%), and the largest decrease in Trinidad and Tobago (down 84.8%).
Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala | 972.39 | 2024 | up 1,947.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Mauritius | 488.34 | 2024 | up 299.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 292.34 | 2024 | up 173.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Niger | 229.56 | 2024 | up 175.2% | rising |
| 5 | Senegal | 216.18 | 2024 | up 131.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 188.01 | 2024 | up 86.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 96.03 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 178.99 | 2024 | up 136.9% | falling |
| 8 | Belize | 178.12 | 2024 | up 162.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Spain | 169.98 | 2017 | up 171.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Brazil | 154.34 | 2024 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Fiji | 153.1 | 2024 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Honduras | 150.98 | 2024 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Benin | 147.72 | 2024 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Malawi | 145.35 | 2024 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 14 | Timor-Leste | 73.08 | 2024 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Cook Islands | 127.71 | 2024 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 66.93 | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 16 | Jamaica | 127.42 | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 17 | Cameroon | 125.7 | 2024 | up 32.0% | falling |
| 18 | Chad | 122.78 | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Rwanda | 122.66 | 2024 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 20 | Guinea | 121.88 | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 21 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 118.83 | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 22 | Guyana | 116.44 | 2024 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 23 | New Caledonia | 114.22 | 2024 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Mali | 114.1 | 2024 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Burundi | 112.85 | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 32.72 | 2024 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Barbados | 110.22 | 2024 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 107.59 | 2024 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Mexico | 107.03 | 2024 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Uruguay | 106.5 | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 105.6 | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Eswatini | 104.18 | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Tonga | 102.72 | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 33 | El Salvador | 102.46 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 34 | Australia | 100.71 | 2024 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 35 | South Africa | 98.53 | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 36 | Bahamas | 98.34 | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Niue | 98.14 | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 38 | Australia and New Zealand | 97.73 | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Republic of Korea | 97 | 2024 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Ecuador | 96.95 | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Chile | 95.94 | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 42 | Italy | 95.6 | 2017 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Sri Lanka | 95.6 | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Brunei Darussalam | 95.5 | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 45 | India | 95.23 | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 46 | Dominica | 95.1 | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Egypt | 94.77 | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 48 | Greece | 94.3 | 2017 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 49 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 94.13 | 2024 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 50 | China | 93.91 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 51 | China, mainland | 93.89 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 52 | Peru | 93.69 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 53 | Sudan | 93.62 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 54 | Madagascar | 93.56 | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 55 | Myanmar | 92.1 | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 56 | Malaysia | 91.65 | 2024 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Paraguay | 91.62 | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 58 | China, Taiwan Province of | 91.29 | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 88.61 | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 60 | Liberia | 87.83 | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 61 | Nigeria | 87.27 | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Congo | 86.96 | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Philippines | 86.74 | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Japan | 86.39 | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Portugal | 86.31 | 2017 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Ghana | 85.29 | 2024 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 67 | Cambodia | 83.75 | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Palestine, State of | 83.44 | 2022 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Solomon Islands | 82.44 | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 70 | Gabon | 81.99 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 71 | Angola | 81.53 | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Equatorial Guinea | 80.29 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 73 | Kenya | 80.12 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 74 | New Zealand | 80.1 | 2024 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 75 | Mozambique | 80 | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Suriname | 79.65 | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Mauritania | 78.42 | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 78 | Bhutan | 78.02 | 2024 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Somalia | 77.06 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 80 | Yemen | 74.37 | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 81 | Zimbabwe | 73.72 | 2024 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Singapore | 73.16 | 2024 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Togo | 70.83 | 2024 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Comoros | 69.77 | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Puerto Rico | 68.51 | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Argentina | 62.88 | 2024 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Saint Lucia | 61.18 | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Indonesia | 59.81 | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Morocco | 59.74 | 2024 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Antigua and Barbuda | 53.86 | 2024 | down 47.4% | rising |
| 91 | Cuba | 45.39 | 2024 | down 52.3% | rising |
| 92 | Israel | 40.52 | 2024 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Uganda | 40.07 | 2024 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 94 | Zambia | 38.71 | 2024 | down 58.5% | rising |
| 95 | Grenada | 37.66 | 2024 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Ethiopia | 35.44 | 2024 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Pakistan | 31.85 | 2024 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Haiti | 30.1 | 2024 | down 81.9% | falling |
| 99 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.87 | 2024 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Maldives | 23 | 2024 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.34 | 2024 | down 84.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Europe 129.01
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 111.46
- European Union (27) 128.16
- Polynesia 100.56
- Europe 128.13
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 100
- Central America 124.41
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 96.19
- South America 120.17
- Micronesia 96.12
- Southern Africa 99.68
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 98.81
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 94.62
- Côte d'Ivoire 98.08
- Middle Africa 91.68
- Western Africa 97.62
- Melanesia 91.34
- Northern Africa 96.03
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 89.7
- Oceania 95.91
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 88.6
- Southern Asia 95.77
- Asia 87.74
- Eastern Asia 94.2
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 75.17
- World 90.08
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 89.66
- Africa 88.46
- United Republic of Tanzania 46.42
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 87.47
- Americas 84.39
- Eastern Africa 82.23
- United States of America 75.86
- Northern America 75.54
- South-Eastern Asia 67.73
- Caribbean 50.47
- Western Asia 41.2
About this data
The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.