Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number was 82.23 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 82.23 for sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Eastern Africa peaked at 109.93 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 43.04, in 1996.
Eastern Africa ranks 19th of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 57.95 | — |
| 1962 | 63.18 | +9.0% |
| 1963 | 58.17 | -7.9% |
| 1964 | 52.76 | -9.3% |
| 1965 | 50.6 | -4.1% |
| 1966 | 50.14 | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 55.21 | +10.1% |
| 1968 | 54.5 | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 55.12 | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 71.52 | +29.8% |
| 1971 | 66.05 | -7.6% |
| 1972 | 59.59 | -9.8% |
| 1973 | 61.36 | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 72.74 | +18.5% |
| 1975 | 78.09 | +7.4% |
| 1976 | 80.92 | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 72.17 | -10.8% |
| 1978 | 77.34 | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 67.51 | -12.7% |
| 1980 | 64.69 | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 64.08 | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 66.27 | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 64.57 | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 58.49 | -9.4% |
| 1985 | 64.1 | +9.6% |
| 1986 | 64.83 | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 61.78 | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 59.05 | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 53.85 | -8.8% |
| 1990 | 54 | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 56.45 | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 53.96 | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 53.67 | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 51.11 | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 50.45 | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 43.04 | -14.7% |
| 1997 | 48.23 | +12.1% |
| 1998 | 50.42 | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 57.29 | +13.6% |
| 2000 | 59.96 | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 63.79 | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 68.01 | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 57.66 | -15.2% |
| 2004 | 67.38 | +16.9% |
| 2005 | 65.04 | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 64.41 | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 65.92 | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 54.36 | -17.5% |
| 2009 | 58.38 | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 66.68 | +14.2% |
| 2011 | 73.71 | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 72.47 | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 80.16 | +10.6% |
| 2014 | 101.65 | +26.8% |
| 2015 | 100.97 | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 97.38 | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 109.93 | +12.9% |
| 2018 | 94.71 | -13.8% |
| 2019 | 96.72 | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 95.35 | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 95.52 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 84.48 | -11.6% |
| 2023 | 81.31 | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 82.23 | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55.29 | 50.14 | 63.18 | 9 |
| 1970s | 70.73 | 59.59 | 80.92 | 10 |
| 1980s | 62.17 | 53.85 | 66.27 | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.86 | 43.04 | 57.29 | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.49 | 54.36 | 68.01 | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.44 | 66.68 | 109.93 | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.78 | 81.31 | 95.52 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Eastern Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Eastern Africa was 82.23 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 109.93 in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.04 in 1996.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number?
- Eastern Africa ranks 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.