Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Somalia
Somalia: Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number was 77.06 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Somalia, 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 Somalia is 77.06, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Somalia peaked at 136.5 in 1969 and was at its lowest, 77.06, in 2024.
Somalia ranks 79th of 101 countries on this measure, 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 112.23 | — |
| 1962 | 109.34 | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 106.52 | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 103.77 | -2.6% |
| 1965 | 101.08 | -2.6% |
| 1966 | 98.46 | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 95.91 | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 93.42 | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 136.5 | +46.1% |
| 1970 | 132.94 | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 129.5 | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 126.16 | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 126.94 | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 123.69 | -2.6% |
| 1975 | 122.57 | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 121.42 | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 120.07 | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 113.54 | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 100.33 | -11.6% |
| 1980 | 94.88 | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 96.91 | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 99.33 | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 98.89 | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 97.93 | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 96.53 | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 95.01 | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 91.67 | -3.5% |
| 1988 | 93.87 | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 97.79 | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 100.57 | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 97.25 | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 81.62 | -16.1% |
| 1993 | 99.18 | +21.5% |
| 1994 | 106.09 | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 109.15 | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 109.64 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 110.09 | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 107.66 | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 105.34 | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 103.09 | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 117.06 | +13.6% |
| 2002 | 111.74 | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 117.03 | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 112.43 | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 124.51 | +10.7% |
| 2006 | 105.66 | -15.1% |
| 2007 | 106.23 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 105.69 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 105.37 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 105.12 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 106.67 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 106.35 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 102.98 | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 101.64 | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 100.4 | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 97.96 | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 96 | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 93.68 | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 90.88 | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 88.79 | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 84.59 | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 82.32 | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 79.98 | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 77.06 | -3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 106.36 | 93.42 | 136.5 | 9 |
| 1970s | 121.72 | 100.33 | 132.94 | 10 |
| 1980s | 96.28 | 91.67 | 99.33 | 10 |
| 1990s | 102.66 | 81.62 | 110.09 | 10 |
| 2000s | 110.88 | 103.09 | 124.51 | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.17 | 90.88 | 106.67 | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.55 | 77.06 | 88.79 | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Somalia?
- Sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Somalia was 77.06 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 136.5 in 1969.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.06 in 2024.
- How does Somalia rank for sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number?
- Somalia ranks 79th out of 101 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.