Sweet potatoes — Production in Angola
Angola: Sweet potatoes — Production was 2.12 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Angola is 2.12 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Angola peaked at 2.12 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 90,000 t, in 1961.
That places Angola 5th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Angola, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 90,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 100,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 125,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 140,000 t | +12.0% |
| 1965 | 150,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 125,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1967 | 145,000 t | +16.0% |
| 1968 | 140,000 t | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 145,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 147,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 150,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 155,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 160,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 160,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 160,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 161,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 162,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 162,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 162,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 165,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 165,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 165,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 165,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 170,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 170,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 170,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 170,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 170,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 165,000 t | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 164,899 t | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 170,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 180,000 t | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 185,000 t | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 180,000 t | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 185,000 t | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 188,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 189,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 190,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 182,303 t | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 224,043 t | +22.9% |
| 2001 | 353,228 t | +57.7% |
| 2002 | 423,141 t | +19.8% |
| 2003 | 543,319 t | +28.4% |
| 2004 | 629,573 t | +15.9% |
| 2005 | 663,787 t | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 684,756 t | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 949,104 t | +38.6% |
| 2008 | 819,772 t | -13.6% |
| 2009 | 982,588 t | +19.9% |
| 2010 | 986,563 t | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1.05 million t | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 644,854 t | -38.3% |
| 2013 | 1.20 million t | +86.0% |
| 2014 | 1.93 million t | +60.8% |
| 2015 | 1.93 million t | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.94 million t | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.70 million t | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 1.69 million t | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 1.68 million t | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.75 million t | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 1.79 million t | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 1.87 million t | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 2.00 million t | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 2.12 million t | +6.3% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 2.12 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 106,808 t, 19.9× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Angola's 2.12 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 179,140 t, 11.9× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production in Angola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +86.0% | 644,854 t | 1.20 million t |
| 2014 | +60.8% | 1.20 million t | 1.93 million t |
| 2001 | +57.7% | 224,043 t | 353,228 t |
| 2012 | -38.3% | 1.05 million t | 644,854 t |
| 2007 | +38.6% | 684,756 t | 949,104 t |
| 2003 | +28.4% | 423,141 t | 543,319 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 128,889 t | 90,000 t | 150,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 157,900 t | 147,000 t | 162,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 167,500 t | 165,000 t | 170,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 181,420 t | 164,899 t | 190,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 627,331 t | 224,043 t | 982,588 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.47 million t | 644,854 t | 1.94 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.91 million t | 1.75 million t | 2.12 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 2 China, mainland 51.35 million t compare
- 3 Malawi 7.98 million t compare
- 4 Nigeria 4.09 million t compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 2.23 million t compare
- 6 Indonesia 1.48 million t compare
- 6 Viet Nam 972,890 t compare
- 7 Rwanda 1.40 million t compare
- 7 Melanesia 866,742 t compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 625,963 t compare
- 8 India 1.31 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Angola?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Angola was 2.12 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 2.12 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 90,000 t in 1961.
- How does Angola rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Angola ranks 5th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.