Sweet potatoes — Production in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Sweet potatoes — Production was 151.05 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Antigua and Barbuda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Antigua and Barbuda stood at 151.05 t.
The figure is down 49.4% on the previous year and down 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 353 t in 1983 and was at its lowest, 69.8 t, in 2020.
That places Antigua and Barbuda 105th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Antigua and Barbuda, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 106 t | — |
| 1962 | 108 t | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 110 t | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 112 t | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 114 t | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 116 t | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 118 t | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 120 t | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 123 t | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 125 t | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 128 t | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 131 t | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 139 t | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 74 t | -46.8% |
| 1975 | 153 t | +106.8% |
| 1976 | 193 t | +26.1% |
| 1977 | 72 t | -62.7% |
| 1978 | 170 t | +136.1% |
| 1979 | 279 t | +64.1% |
| 1980 | 181 t | -35.1% |
| 1981 | 321 t | +77.3% |
| 1982 | 228 t | -29.0% |
| 1983 | 353 t | +54.8% |
| 1984 | 113 t | -68.0% |
| 1985 | 101 t | -10.6% |
| 1986 | 150 t | +48.5% |
| 1987 | 182 t | +21.3% |
| 1988 | 219 t | +20.3% |
| 1989 | 180 t | -17.8% |
| 1990 | 160 t | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 170 t | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 149.62 t | -12.0% |
| 1993 | 151.07 t | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 150.62 t | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 140 t | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 151.15 t | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 151.79 t | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 152.36 t | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 152.77 t | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 149.12 t | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 145 t | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 165 t | +13.8% |
| 2003 | 175 t | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 200 t | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 229.03 t | +14.5% |
| 2006 | 250 t | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 262.11 t | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 280 t | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 268.85 t | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 268.6 t | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 267.92 t | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 260 t | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 267.92 t | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 271.89 t | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 279.5 t | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 250.39 t | -10.4% |
| 2017 | 209.21 t | -16.4% |
| 2018 | 157.9 t | -24.5% |
| 2019 | 126.67 t | -19.8% |
| 2020 | 69.8 t | -44.9% |
| 2021 | 124.19 t | +77.9% |
| 2022 | 145.46 t | +17.1% |
| 2023 | 298.48 t | +105.2% |
| 2024 | 151.05 t | -49.4% |
Antigua and Barbuda compared with similar countries
- Antigua and Barbuda's 151.05 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,903 t, 8% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Antigua and Barbuda's 151.05 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,282 t, 5% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production in Antigua and Barbuda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +136.1% | 72 t | 170 t |
| 1975 | +106.8% | 74 t | 153 t |
| 2023 | +105.2% | 145.46 t | 298.48 t |
| 1981 | +77.3% | 181 t | 321 t |
| 2021 | +77.9% | 69.8 t | 124.19 t |
| 1984 | -68.0% | 353 t | 113 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 114.11 t | 106 t | 123 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 146.4 t | 72 t | 279 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 202.8 t | 101 t | 353 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 152.94 t | 140 t | 170 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 212.41 t | 145 t | 280 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 236 t | 126.67 t | 279.5 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 157.8 t | 69.8 t | 298.48 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Antigua and Barbuda
- 102 Niue 251.87 t compare
- 103 Belize 207 t compare
- 104 Saint Kitts and Nevis 176.94 t compare
- 106 French Polynesia 143.42 t compare
- 107 China, Hong Kong SAR 60.75 t compare
- 108 Bhutan 44.1 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2764 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0149 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.543 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7567 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Antigua and Barbuda was 151.05 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 353 t in 1983.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.8 t in 2020.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 105th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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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About this data
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.