Sweet potatoes — Production, annual growth rate in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sweet potatoes — Production, annual growth rate was 4.64 % change on previous year in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production, annual growth rate in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1962–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production, annual growth rate in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) is 4.64 % change on previous year, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 758.2% on the previous year and down 78.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, annual growth rate in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 24.6 % change on previous year in 1970 and was at its lowest, -10.9 % change on previous year, in 2008.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production, annual growth rate in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 9.33 % change on previous year | — |
| 1963 | -4.77 % change on previous year | -151.2% |
| 1964 | -6.11 % change on previous year | +28.0% |
| 1965 | -1.78 % change on previous year | -70.9% |
| 1966 | 2.52 % change on previous year | -241.5% |
| 1967 | 10.93 % change on previous year | +334.5% |
| 1968 | 1.88 % change on previous year | -82.8% |
| 1969 | 3.69 % change on previous year | +96.2% |
| 1970 | 24.6 % change on previous year | +567.4% |
| 1971 | -4.11 % change on previous year | -116.7% |
| 1972 | -5.21 % change on previous year | +26.9% |
| 1973 | 4.7 % change on previous year | -190.2% |
| 1974 | 17.46 % change on previous year | +271.5% |
| 1975 | 8.55 % change on previous year | -51.0% |
| 1976 | 6.34 % change on previous year | -25.9% |
| 1977 | -6.14 % change on previous year | -196.9% |
| 1978 | 6.88 % change on previous year | -212.1% |
| 1979 | -8.27 % change on previous year | -220.2% |
| 1980 | -1.32 % change on previous year | -84.1% |
| 1981 | 1.84 % change on previous year | -239.3% |
| 1982 | 6.18 % change on previous year | +236.8% |
| 1983 | 0.8509 % change on previous year | -86.2% |
| 1984 | -4.24 % change on previous year | -598.3% |
| 1985 | 9.29 % change on previous year | -319.1% |
| 1986 | 2.91 % change on previous year | -68.7% |
| 1987 | -0.8938 % change on previous year | -130.7% |
| 1988 | -1.08 % change on previous year | +20.8% |
| 1989 | -5.44 % change on previous year | +404.1% |
| 1990 | 3.22 % change on previous year | -159.1% |
| 1991 | 5.29 % change on previous year | +64.4% |
| 1992 | -0.6473 % change on previous year | -112.2% |
| 1993 | 0.116 % change on previous year | -117.9% |
| 1994 | -0.8578 % change on previous year | -839.3% |
| 1995 | 0.6176 % change on previous year | -172.0% |
| 1996 | -8.83 % change on previous year | -1529.5% |
| 1997 | 14.49 % change on previous year | -264.1% |
| 1998 | 6.58 % change on previous year | -54.6% |
| 1999 | 15.65 % change on previous year | +138.0% |
| 2000 | 3.16 % change on previous year | -79.8% |
| 2001 | 8.12 % change on previous year | +157.3% |
| 2002 | 8.76 % change on previous year | +7.9% |
| 2003 | -9.21 % change on previous year | -205.1% |
| 2004 | 16.19 % change on previous year | -275.7% |
| 2005 | -0.0177 % change on previous year | -100.1% |
| 2006 | 3.04 % change on previous year | -17241.9% |
| 2007 | 5.77 % change on previous year | +89.9% |
| 2008 | -10.9 % change on previous year | -289.0% |
| 2009 | 7.68 % change on previous year | -170.5% |
| 2010 | 16.95 % change on previous year | +120.6% |
| 2011 | 14.67 % change on previous year | -13.4% |
| 2012 | 3.78 % change on previous year | -74.2% |
| 2013 | 11.17 % change on previous year | +195.4% |
| 2014 | 21.27 % change on previous year | +90.3% |
| 2015 | 0.8018 % change on previous year | -96.2% |
| 2016 | 0.556 % change on previous year | -30.7% |
| 2017 | 15.24 % change on previous year | +2640.9% |
| 2018 | -10.62 % change on previous year | -169.7% |
| 2019 | 4.17 % change on previous year | -139.3% |
| 2020 | 2.71 % change on previous year | -35.1% |
| 2021 | 2.61 % change on previous year | -3.6% |
| 2022 | -6.95 % change on previous year | -366.5% |
| 2023 | -0.7042 % change on previous year | -89.9% |
| 2024 | 4.64 % change on previous year | -758.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production, annual growth rate in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +17241.9% | -0.0177 % change on previous year | 3.04 % change on previous year |
| 2017 | +2640.9% | 0.556 % change on previous year | 15.24 % change on previous year |
| 1996 | -1529.5% | 0.6176 % change on previous year | -8.83 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.96 % change on previous year | -6.11 % change on previous year | 10.93 % change on previous year | 8 |
| 1970s | 4.48 % change on previous year | -8.27 % change on previous year | 24.6 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8098 % change on previous year | -5.44 % change on previous year | 9.29 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.56 % change on previous year | -8.83 % change on previous year | 15.65 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.26 % change on previous year | -10.9 % change on previous year | 16.19 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.8 % change on previous year | -10.62 % change on previous year | 21.27 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4588 % change on previous year | -6.95 % change on previous year | 4.64 % change on previous year | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 3 Malaysia 53.36 % change on previous year compare
- 4 Benin 45.09 % change on previous year compare
- 5 Bhutan 31.96 % change on previous year compare
- 6 Mauritius 30.51 % change on previous year compare
- 7 Kenya 28.94 % change on previous year compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 23.89 % change on previous year compare
- 9 Dominican Republic 23.22 % change on previous year compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production, annual growth rate in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Sweet potatoes — production, annual growth rate in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 4.64 % change on previous year in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, annual growth rate recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 24.6 % change on previous year in 1970.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, annual growth rate recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was -10.9 % change on previous year in 2008.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for sweet potatoes — production, annual growth rate?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, annual growth rate rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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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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.