Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita by country
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
99
Highest
0.3685 t per person
Malawi
Lowest
0 t per person
Bahrain
Median
0.0038 t per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
5,679
What the numbers show
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita is currently reported for 99 countries. The highest value is 0.3685 t per person in Malawi; the lowest is 0 t per person in Bahrain.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0038 t per person, and the mean is 0.0156 t per person.
Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 1,947.0%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 100.0%).
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 0.3685 t per person | 2024 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 0.1332 t per person | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 3 | Rwanda | 0.0981 t per person | 2024 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0692 t per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 5 | Burundi | 0.0672 t per person | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 6 | Tonga | 0.0637 t per person | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Angola | 0.0561 t per person | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0541 t per person | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 9 | Madagascar | 0.0406 t per person | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 10 | China | 0.0366 t per person | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 11 | Dominica | 0.0356 t per person | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 0.0295 t per person | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Guyana | 0.0266 t per person | 2024 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Mali | 0.0251 t per person | 2024 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Guinea | 0.0247 t per person | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 16 | Uruguay | 0.0242 t per person | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 17 | Cameroon | 0.0217 t per person | 2024 | up 32.0% | falling |
| 18 | Cuba | 0.0217 t per person | 2024 | down 52.3% | rising |
| 19 | Uganda | 0.0205 t per person | 2024 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 20 | Jamaica | 0.0194 t per person | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 21 | Nigeria | 0.0176 t per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0173 t per person | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 23 | Kenya | 0.0153 t per person | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 24 | Mozambique | 0.0145 t per person | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Fiji | 0.0137 t per person | 2024 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 0.013 t per person | 2024 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Comoros | 0.0123 t per person | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Niger | 0.0116 t per person | 2024 | up 175.2% | rising |
| 29 | Chad | 0.0114 t per person | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 0.009 t per person | 2024 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Haiti | 0.0089 t per person | 2024 | down 81.9% | falling |
| 32 | Peru | 0.0086 t per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 0.0081 t per person | 2024 | up 86.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Benin | 0.0078 t per person | 2024 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Paraguay | 0.0074 t per person | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Barbados | 0.0071 t per person | 2024 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0064 t per person | 2024 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Senegal | 0.0062 t per person | 2024 | up 131.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Japan | 0.0058 t per person | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Sudan | 0.0055 t per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 41 | Indonesia | 0.0052 t per person | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 0.0049 t per person | 2024 | up 136.9% | falling |
| 43 | Brazil | 0.0046 t per person | 2024 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Bahamas | 0.0045 t per person | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Grenada | 0.0045 t per person | 2024 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Liberia | 0.0044 t per person | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 47 | Philippines | 0.0044 t per person | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Ghana | 0.0041 t per person | 2024 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 49 | Zambia | 0.0039 t per person | 2024 | down 58.5% | rising |
| 50 | Egypt | 0.0038 t per person | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 51 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0038 t per person | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 52 | Australia | 0.0033 t per person | 2024 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Honduras | 0.0026 t per person | 2024 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Mauritius | 0.0025 t per person | 2024 | up 297.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Argentina | 0.0024 t per person | 2024 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 0.0023 t per person | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Eswatini | 0.0023 t per person | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Saint Lucia | 0.0023 t per person | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Portugal | 0.0023 t per person | 2017 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 60 | New Zealand | 0.0022 t per person | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 61 | Cambodia | 0.0022 t per person | 2024 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 62 | New Caledonia | 0.0022 t per person | 2024 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Israel | 0.0017 t per person | 2024 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 0.0017 t per person | 2024 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0016 t per person | 2024 | down 47.4% | rising |
| 66 | Gabon | 0.0015 t per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 67 | Congo | 0.0015 t per person | 2024 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Malaysia | 0.0014 t per person | 2024 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Spain | 0.0013 t per person | 2017 | up 171.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Myanmar | 0.0011 t per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 71 | South Africa | 0.0011 t per person | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 72 | Mauritania | 0.001 t per person | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 73 | Suriname | 0.0009 t per person | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 74 | India | 0.0009 t per person | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 75 | Chile | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 76 | Togo | 0.0008 t per person | 2024 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Palestine | 0.0006 t per person | 2022 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Mexico | 0.0005 t per person | 2024 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 79 | French Polynesia | 0.0005 t per person | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 80 | Belize | 0.0005 t per person | 2024 | up 162.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Somalia | 0.0005 t per person | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 82 | Botswana | 0.0004 t per person | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 0.0003 t per person | 2024 | up 173.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Morocco | 0.0003 t per person | 2024 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Guatemala | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | up 1,947.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Ecuador | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0002 t per person | 2024 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Greece | 0.0002 t per person | 2017 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Italy | 0.0001 t per person | 2017 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 90 | El Salvador | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 91 | Puerto Rico | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Panama | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 93 | Bhutan | 0.0001 t per person | 2024 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Pakistan | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Yemen | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Kuwait | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 56.1% | falling |
| 97 | Maldives | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 79.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Singapore | 0 t per person | 2024 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Bahrain | 0 t per person | 1996 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0112 t per person
How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.