Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Caribbean
Caribbean: Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number was 50.47 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 50.47 for sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.6% on the previous year and down 57.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Caribbean peaked at 118.81 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 47.34, in 2023.
That places Caribbean 23rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 94.32 | — |
| 1962 | 108.15 | +14.7% |
| 1963 | 115.92 | +7.2% |
| 1964 | 118.37 | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 117.25 | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 116.61 | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 110.7 | -5.1% |
| 1968 | 113.74 | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 112.85 | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 110.6 | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 114.96 | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 110.36 | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 107.89 | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 109.8 | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 108.82 | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 110.74 | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 111.31 | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 116.09 | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 103.31 | -11.0% |
| 1980 | 92.88 | -10.1% |
| 1981 | 85.74 | -7.7% |
| 1982 | 83.13 | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 93.04 | +11.9% |
| 1984 | 90.88 | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 86.56 | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 76.64 | -11.5% |
| 1987 | 77.1 | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 70.26 | -8.9% |
| 1989 | 69.91 | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 65.48 | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 62.46 | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 73.32 | +17.4% |
| 1993 | 56.63 | -22.8% |
| 1994 | 58.29 | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 61.03 | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 59.69 | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 52.85 | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 60.62 | +14.7% |
| 1999 | 62.62 | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 65.49 | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 70.63 | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 73.29 | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 86.51 | +18.0% |
| 2004 | 81.56 | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 81.51 | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 63.8 | -21.7% |
| 2007 | 78.4 | +22.9% |
| 2008 | 74.82 | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 90.06 | +20.4% |
| 2010 | 97.75 | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 95.71 | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 105.16 | +9.9% |
| 2013 | 117.7 | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 118.81 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 95.22 | -19.9% |
| 2016 | 85.97 | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 73.92 | -14.0% |
| 2018 | 80.7 | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 73.65 | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 53.94 | -26.8% |
| 2021 | 55.4 | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 50.72 | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 47.34 | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 50.47 | +6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111.99 | 94.32 | 118.37 | 9 |
| 1970s | 110.39 | 103.31 | 116.09 | 10 |
| 1980s | 82.61 | 69.91 | 93.04 | 10 |
| 1990s | 61.3 | 52.85 | 73.32 | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.61 | 63.8 | 90.06 | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.46 | 73.65 | 118.81 | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.57 | 47.34 | 55.4 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Caribbean?
- Sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Caribbean was 50.47 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 118.81 in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.34 in 2023.
- How does Caribbean rank for sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number?
- Caribbean ranks 23rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean 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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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.