Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number was 97.73 in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Australia and New Zealand is 97.73, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 115.22 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 10.32, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 38th of 101 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10.32 | — |
| 1962 | 11.77 | +14.1% |
| 1963 | 11.37 | -3.4% |
| 1964 | 11.79 | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 13.5 | +14.5% |
| 1966 | 10.98 | -18.7% |
| 1967 | 15.83 | +44.2% |
| 1968 | 16.32 | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 17.87 | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 18.91 | +5.8% |
| 1971 | 16 | -15.4% |
| 1972 | 19.85 | +24.1% |
| 1973 | 21.49 | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 22.44 | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 17.64 | -21.4% |
| 1976 | 15.51 | -12.1% |
| 1977 | 15.99 | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 31.34 | +96.0% |
| 1979 | 19.56 | -37.6% |
| 1980 | 33.83 | +73.0% |
| 1981 | 24.2 | -28.5% |
| 1982 | 18.13 | -25.1% |
| 1983 | 17.23 | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 20.29 | +17.8% |
| 1985 | 20.39 | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 18.31 | -10.2% |
| 1987 | 22.94 | +25.3% |
| 1988 | 22.38 | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 24.38 | +8.9% |
| 1990 | 27.81 | +14.1% |
| 1991 | 33.51 | +20.5% |
| 1992 | 37.09 | +10.7% |
| 1993 | 41.83 | +12.8% |
| 1994 | 49.14 | +17.5% |
| 1995 | 48.93 | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 47.66 | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 42.94 | -9.9% |
| 1998 | 42.64 | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 52.92 | +24.1% |
| 2000 | 59.74 | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 61.05 | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 64.23 | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 70.55 | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 76.75 | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 75.18 | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 76.12 | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 78.86 | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 62.14 | -21.2% |
| 2009 | 64.91 | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 74.64 | +15.0% |
| 2011 | 83.57 | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 86.38 | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 91.18 | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 97.81 | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 100.37 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 101.81 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 103.04 | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 106.61 | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 108.55 | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 111.19 | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 115.22 | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 103.47 | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 100.83 | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 97.73 | -3.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Australia and New Zealand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +96.0% | 15.99 | 31.34 |
| 1980 | +73.0% | 19.56 | 33.83 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.31 | 10.32 | 17.87 | 9 |
| 1970s | 19.87 | 15.51 | 31.34 | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.21 | 17.23 | 33.83 | 10 |
| 1990s | 42.45 | 27.81 | 52.92 | 10 |
| 2000s | 68.95 | 59.74 | 78.86 | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.4 | 74.64 | 108.55 | 10 |
| 2020s | 105.69 | 97.73 | 115.22 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Australia and New Zealand?
- Sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Australia and New Zealand was 97.73 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 115.22 in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.32 in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 38th out of 101 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.