Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre by country
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
99
Highest
80.71 t per square kilometre
Malawi
Lowest
0 t per square kilometre
Bahrain
Median
0.3156 t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
5,585
What the numbers show
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre is currently reported for 99 countries. The highest value is 80.71 t per square kilometre in Malawi; the lowest is 0 t per square kilometre in Bahrain.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3156 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 2.77 t per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Guatemala (up 2,832.7%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 100.0%).
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 80.71 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 80.8% | rising |
| 2 | Rwanda | 53.2 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 3 | Burundi | 37.38 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 4 | Tonga | 9.19 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 5 | Barbados | 6.31 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 122.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Uganda | 5.95 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.1% | rising |
| 7 | Comoros | 5.82 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 8 | China | 5.5 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 9 | Jamaica | 4.51 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 10 | Nigeria | 4.48 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Solomon Islands | 3.91 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 3.69 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.66 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Haiti | 3.63 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.3% | falling |
| 15 | Dominica | 3.15 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 2.34 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.7% | falling |
| 17 | Madagascar | 2.24 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Cuba | 2.23 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 19 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.14 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Grenada | 2.09 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Japan | 1.96 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Philippines | 1.76 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 23 | Papua New Guinea | 1.62 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 24 | Angola | 1.6 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 1.56 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.4% | falling |
| 26 | Guinea | 1.53 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.41 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | rising |
| 28 | Cameroon | 1.28 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Israel | 1.28 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 1.18 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Mauritius | 1.17 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 115.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Kenya | 1.15 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | 0.8658 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Indonesia | 0.8238 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 35 | Saint Lucia | 0.6902 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 36 | Fiji | 0.6884 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Benin | 0.6871 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 38 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.6784 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 39 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.6769 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 40 | Ghana | 0.6278 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 41 | Mozambique | 0.5847 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Senegal | 0.5786 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 201.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 0.5365 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Palestine | 0.4861 t per square kilometre | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 45 | Mali | 0.4736 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Uruguay | 0.4698 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 47 | India | 0.4335 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 48 | Burkina Faso | 0.3988 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Egypt | 0.3936 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Zambia | 0.3156 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Liberia | 0.257 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 52 | Honduras | 0.2562 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 282.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Portugal | 0.2533 t per square kilometre | 2017 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 54 | Peru | 0.2404 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 55 | Cambodia | 0.2253 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 56 | Niger | 0.2057 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 166.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Bahamas | 0.1823 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Chad | 0.1734 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Eswatini | 0.1642 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1608 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Sudan | 0.1463 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 62 | Togo | 0.1428 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Spain | 0.1247 t per square kilometre | 2017 | up 179.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Paraguay | 0.1213 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 65 | Brazil | 0.1107 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Guyana | 0.1012 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 828.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Malaysia | 0.1004 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Myanmar | 0.0927 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 69 | South Africa | 0.0624 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 70 | French Polynesia | 0.0488 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.8% | flat |
| 71 | New Zealand | 0.045 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 72 | Argentina | 0.0416 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 73 | Mexico | 0.0396 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.4% | falling |
| 74 | Costa Rica | 0.0392 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 700.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Guatemala | 0.0383 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,832.7% | volatile |
| 76 | El Salvador | 0.0369 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 77 | Pakistan | 0.0325 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91.6% | rising |
| 78 | New Caledonia | 0.0303 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Italy | 0.0287 t per square kilometre | 2017 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 80 | Morocco | 0.0281 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Congo | 0.0276 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 82 | Puerto Rico | 0.0274 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Chile | 0.0211 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 84 | Ecuador | 0.0169 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Greece | 0.0167 t per square kilometre | 2017 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Gabon | 0.015 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 87 | Somalia | 0.0141 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 88 | Australia | 0.0119 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Belize | 0.0092 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 94.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Maldives | 0.0069 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Mauritania | 0.0052 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 112.9% | rising |
| 92 | Suriname | 0.0038 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Panama | 0.0035 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | falling |
| 94 | Botswana | 0.002 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Kuwait | 0.0019 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 96 | Bhutan | 0.0009 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Yemen | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Singapore | 0.0002 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Bahrain | 0 t per square kilometre | 1996 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.6931 t per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.