Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in China
China: Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita was 0.0366 t per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in China, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production, per capita in China is 0.0366 t per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per capita in China peaked at 0.1519 t per person in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.0358 t per person, in 2019.
China ranks 10th of 99 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in China, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.117 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.1248 t per person | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 0.1111 t per person | -11.0% |
| 1964 | 0.1 t per person | -9.9% |
| 1965 | 0.1209 t per person | +20.8% |
| 1966 | 0.1336 t per person | +10.5% |
| 1967 | 0.1299 t per person | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 0.1254 t per person | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 0.1319 t per person | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 0.141 t per person | +6.8% |
| 1971 | 0.1273 t per person | -9.7% |
| 1972 | 0.1184 t per person | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 0.1519 t per person | +28.4% |
| 1974 | 0.131 t per person | -13.8% |
| 1975 | 0.1319 t per person | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.1209 t per person | -8.3% |
| 1977 | 0.1307 t per person | +8.1% |
| 1978 | 0.1376 t per person | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 0.1217 t per person | -11.6% |
| 1980 | 0.1211 t per person | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 0.1067 t per person | -11.9% |
| 1982 | 0.1093 t per person | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 0.1163 t per person | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 0.1105 t per person | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0988 t per person | -10.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0956 t per person | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 0.1059 t per person | +10.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0939 t per person | -11.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0944 t per person | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0924 t per person | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0918 t per person | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0898 t per person | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0962 t per person | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0903 t per person | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0974 t per person | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 0.1018 t per person | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0834 t per person | -18.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0931 t per person | +11.6% |
| 1999 | 0.1007 t per person | +8.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0936 t per person | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0895 t per person | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0885 t per person | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0836 t per person | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0817 t per person | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0788 t per person | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 0.062 t per person | -21.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0575 t per person | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0592 t per person | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0526 t per person | -11.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0492 t per person | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0482 t per person | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0443 t per person | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0419 t per person | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0408 t per person | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0394 t per person | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0372 t per person | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 0.037 t per person | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.038 t per person | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0358 t per person | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0367 t per person | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0367 t per person | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0363 t per person | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0366 t per person | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0366 t per person | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1216 t per person | 0.1 t per person | 0.1336 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1312 t per person | 0.1184 t per person | 0.1519 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1053 t per person | 0.0939 t per person | 0.1211 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0937 t per person | 0.0834 t per person | 0.1018 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0747 t per person | 0.0526 t per person | 0.0936 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0412 t per person | 0.0358 t per person | 0.0492 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0366 t per person | 0.0363 t per person | 0.0367 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 7 Angola 0.0561 t per person compare
- 8 Equatorial Guinea 0.0541 t per person compare
- 9 Madagascar 0.0406 t per person compare
- 11 Dominica 0.0356 t per person compare
- 12 Sierra Leone 0.0295 t per person compare
- 13 Guyana 0.0266 t per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production, per capita in China?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per capita in China was 0.0366 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1519 t per person in 1973.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0358 t per person in 2019.
- How does China rank for sweet potatoes — production, per capita?
- China ranks 10th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per capita rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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)
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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.