Sweet potatoes — Production, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Sweet potatoes — Production. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
127
Highest
105.13 % change on previous year
Guadeloupe
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Bahrain
Median
0.0324 % change on previous year
Years covered
63
1962–2024
Data points
8,696
What the numbers show
Sweet potatoes — Production, annual growth rate is currently reported for 127 countries. The highest value is 105.13 % change on previous year in Guadeloupe; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Bahrain.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0324 % change on previous year, and the mean is -0.5355 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 10,001.7%), and the largest decrease in Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (down 22,069.4%).
Sweet potatoes — Production, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guadeloupe | 105.13 % change on previous year | 2006 | up 809.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Maldives | 60.87 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,574.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Malaysia | 53.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 3,619.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Benin | 45.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 10,001.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Bhutan | 31.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,523.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Mauritius | 30.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 207.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Kenya | 28.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 521.0% | volatile |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 23.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2,627.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Dominican Republic | 23.22 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 352.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Spain | 23.13 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 327.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Niger | 20.81 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 223.4% | volatile |
| 12 | New Caledonia | 16.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 14.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Egypt | 13.18 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 236.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Jamaica | 12.81 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 217.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Guatemala | 11.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Puerto Rico | 9.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 113.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Mozambique | 9.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 114.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Paraguay | 7.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Caribbean | 7.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 363.6% | volatile |
| 21 | China, Taiwan Province of | 6.98 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Rwanda | 6.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 150.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Chad | 6.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 112.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Viet Nam | 6.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Réunion | 6.29 % change on previous year | 2006 | up 111.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Angola | 6.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 89.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Mali | 6.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 201.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 5.87 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Republic of Korea | 4.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 317.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Malawi | 4.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 78.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Brazil | 4.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Palestine | 4.66 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Haiti | 4.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 130.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Cameroon | 4.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 3.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Cabo Verde | 3.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 807.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Guyana | 3.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Senegal | 3 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Cuba | 2.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Sudan | 1.85 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 136.2% | volatile |
| 43 | India | 1.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 133.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Fiji | 1.22 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 197.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Portugal | 1.18 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Panama | 0.9551 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.714 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Gabon | 0.6441 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.5341 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 101.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Ethiopia PDR | 0.5236 % change on previous year | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Congo | 0.3718 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 73.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.368 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Tonga | 0.3314 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 54 | New Zealand | 0.3189 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 141.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Myanmar | 0.2435 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 56 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.231 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Ecuador | 0.1969 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 93.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Japan | 0.1676 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 102.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Nigeria | 0.1645 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 89.6% | volatile |
| 60 | El Salvador | 0.148 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Cook Islands | 0.0702 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Niue | 0.0516 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Micronesia | 0.0324 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 101.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.0324 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 101.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Singapore | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Martinique | 0 % change on previous year | 2006 | — | volatile |
| 65 | Sudan (former) | 0 % change on previous year | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Yemen | -0.0093 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 99.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Polynesia | -0.0507 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 70 | China | -0.0634 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 96.7% | volatile |
| 71 | China, mainland | -0.0905 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 95.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Eswatini | -0.0981 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 102.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Honduras | -0.1144 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Ghana | -0.126 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 105.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Mauritania | -0.1642 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Equatorial Guinea | -0.1667 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Somalia | -0.2298 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 110.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Madagascar | -0.2375 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 110.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Melanesia | -0.2411 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 112.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Dominica | -0.245 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 98.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Solomon Islands | -0.2587 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 110.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Uruguay | -0.2658 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Chile | -0.2698 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 111.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Papua New Guinea | -0.2799 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 115.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Liberia | -0.3014 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 808.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Bangladesh | -0.5413 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Bahamas | -0.6637 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 117.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Cambodia | -1.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 116.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Belize | -1.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Comoros | -1.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 110.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Burundi | -1.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 92.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Australia and New Zealand | -2.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 124.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | -2.22 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 105.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Australia | -2.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 122.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Timor-Leste | -3.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 82.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Suriname | -3.22 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Guinea | -3.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 171.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Botswana | -3.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 101.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Philippines | -3.61 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 127.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Saint Lucia | -3.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 75.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Guinea-Bissau | -3.8 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | -4.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Kuwait | -4.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 92.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Peru | -4.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Argentina | -4.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Indonesia | -5.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,898.0% | volatile |
| 107 | South Africa | -6.81 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Sri Lanka | -6.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Ethiopia | -10.93 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 127.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Costa Rica | -11.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 108.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Morocco | -12.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Mexico | -13.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 248.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -13.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 22,069.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Uganda | -14.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 3,597.7% | volatile |
| 115 | French Polynesia | -15.34 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 205.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Togo | -17.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,371.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -23.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 322.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Grenada | -26.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 118.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Barbados | -26.53 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,797.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Italy | -31.81 % change on previous year | 2017 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Israel | -37.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 288.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Greece | -38.08 % change on previous year | 2017 | down 182.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Antigua and Barbuda | -49.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 3,433.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | -62.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,849.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Zambia | -64.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 217.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Pakistan | -82.48 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,040.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Bahrain | -100 % change on previous year | 1996 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern Africa 8.15 % change on previous year
- European Union (27) 7.48 % change on previous year
- Europe 7.48 % change on previous year
- Southern Europe 7.48 % change on previous year
- Middle Africa 5.16 % change on previous year
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4.64 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4.07 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa 3.79 % change on previous year
- Africa 3.62 % change on previous year
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3.36 % change on previous year
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 2.14 % change on previous year
- Western Africa 1.89 % change on previous year
- South America 1.79 % change on previous year
- World 1.1 % change on previous year
- Americas 0.9818 % change on previous year
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.8215 % change on previous year
- Eastern Asia -0.0237 % change on previous year
- Asia -0.0664 % change on previous year
- South-Eastern Asia -0.1787 % change on previous year
- Oceania -0.4392 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia -0.5403 % change on previous year
- Northern America -1.63 % change on previous year
- United States of America -1.63 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa -6.53 % change on previous year
- Central America -8.89 % change on previous year
- Western Asia -36.43 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Sweet potatoes — Production. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Sweet potatoes — Production. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.