Sweet potatoes — Production in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Sweet potatoes — Production was 101,094 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Australia and New Zealand stood at 101,094 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 115,961 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4,325 t, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 43rd of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,325 t | — |
| 1962 | 5,031 t | +16.3% |
| 1963 | 4,953 t | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 5,241 t | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 6,121 t | +16.8% |
| 1966 | 5,077 t | -17.1% |
| 1967 | 7,453 t | +46.8% |
| 1968 | 7,818 t | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 8,715 t | +11.5% |
| 1970 | 9,447 t | +8.4% |
| 1971 | 8,223 t | -13.0% |
| 1972 | 10,435 t | +26.9% |
| 1973 | 11,485 t | +10.1% |
| 1974 | 12,188 t | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 9,710 t | -20.3% |
| 1976 | 8,631 t | -11.1% |
| 1977 | 8,987 t | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 17,781 t | +97.9% |
| 1979 | 11,203 t | -37.0% |
| 1980 | 19,582 t | +74.8% |
| 1981 | 14,201 t | -27.5% |
| 1982 | 10,796 t | -24.0% |
| 1983 | 10,405 t | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 12,403 t | +19.2% |
| 1985 | 12,622 t | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 11,479 t | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 14,582 t | +27.0% |
| 1988 | 14,438 t | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 15,955 t | +10.5% |
| 1990 | 18,489 t | +15.9% |
| 1991 | 22,620 t | +22.3% |
| 1992 | 25,331 t | +12.0% |
| 1993 | 28,864 t | +13.9% |
| 1994 | 34,259 t | +18.7% |
| 1995 | 34,511 t | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 34,023 t | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 31,000 t | -8.9% |
| 1998 | 31,100 t | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 39,000 t | +25.4% |
| 2000 | 44,500 t | +14.1% |
| 2001 | 46,000 t | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 49,000 t | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 54,500 t | +11.2% |
| 2004 | 60,000 t | +10.1% |
| 2005 | 59,500 t | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 61,093 t | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 64,331 t | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 51,607 t | -19.8% |
| 2009 | 54,860 t | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 64,055 t | +16.8% |
| 2011 | 72,734 t | +13.6% |
| 2012 | 76,304 t | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 81,799 t | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 89,109 t | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 92,883 t | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 95,806 t | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 98,624 t | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 103,692 t | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 107,165 t | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 111,005 t | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 115,961 t | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 105,037 t | -9.4% |
| 2023 | 103,311 t | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 101,094 t | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,082 t | 4,325 t | 8,715 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,809 t | 8,223 t | 17,781 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,646 t | 10,405 t | 19,582 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,920 t | 18,489 t | 39,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 54,539 t | 44,500 t | 64,331 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 88,217 t | 64,055 t | 107,165 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 107,282 t | 101,094 t | 115,961 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Australia and New Zealand?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Australia and New Zealand was 101,094 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 115,961 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,325 t in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 43rd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.