Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in World
World: Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita was 0.0112 t per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in World, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production, per capita in World is 0.0112 t per person, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per capita in World peaked at 0.0391 t per person in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.0112 t per person, in 2023.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in World, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0321 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0338 t per person | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0308 t per person | -8.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0287 t per person | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0327 t per person | +13.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0353 t per person | +8.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0343 t per person | -2.9% |
| 1968 | 0.0334 t per person | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 0.035 t per person | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0371 t per person | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0339 t per person | -8.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0317 t per person | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0391 t per person | +23.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0344 t per person | -11.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0348 t per person | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0322 t per person | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 0.034 t per person | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0355 t per person | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0316 t per person | -10.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0311 t per person | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 0.0278 t per person | -10.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0281 t per person | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0295 t per person | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0279 t per person | -5.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0254 t per person | -9.2% |
| 1986 | 0.0245 t per person | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0266 t per person | +8.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0238 t per person | -10.4% |
| 1989 | 0.0238 t per person | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0232 t per person | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 0.023 t per person | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0225 t per person | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0236 t per person | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0222 t per person | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0237 t per person | +6.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0244 t per person | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0205 t per person | -15.8% |
| 1998 | 0.0225 t per person | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0242 t per person | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0227 t per person | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0218 t per person | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0216 t per person | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0204 t per person | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0201 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0194 t per person | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 0.016 t per person | -17.5% |
| 2007 | 0.015 t per person | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0151 t per person | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0139 t per person | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0134 t per person | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0134 t per person | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0127 t per person | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0124 t per person | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0128 t per person | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0125 t per person | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.012 t per person | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.0123 t per person | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.012 t per person | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0115 t per person | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0117 t per person | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0116 t per person | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0113 t per person | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0112 t per person | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0112 t per person | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0329 t per person | 0.0287 t per person | 0.0353 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0344 t per person | 0.0316 t per person | 0.0391 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0268 t per person | 0.0238 t per person | 0.0311 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.023 t per person | 0.0205 t per person | 0.0244 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0186 t per person | 0.0139 t per person | 0.0227 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0125 t per person | 0.0115 t per person | 0.0134 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0114 t per person | 0.0112 t per person | 0.0117 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Malawi 0.3685 t per person compare
- 2 Solomon Islands 0.1332 t per person compare
- 3 Rwanda 0.0981 t per person compare
- 4 Papua New Guinea 0.0692 t per person compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production, per capita in World?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per capita in World was 0.0112 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0391 t per person in 1973.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0112 t per person in 2023.
- How does World rank for sweet potatoes — production, per capita?
- World ranks 1st out of 1 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per capita rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.