Sweet potatoes — Production in Bhutan
Bhutan: Sweet potatoes — Production was 44.1 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Bhutan, 2004–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Bhutan is 44.1 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 32.0% on the previous year and down 45.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Bhutan peaked at 1,284 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 27.89 t, in 2022.
That places Bhutan 108th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 296.95 t | — |
| 2005 | 1,284 t | +332.4% |
| 2006 | 511.2 t | -60.2% |
| 2007 | 478 t | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 376.78 t | -21.2% |
| 2009 | 105 t | -72.1% |
| 2010 | 156 t | +48.6% |
| 2011 | 216.98 t | +39.1% |
| 2012 | 189.25 t | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 81.97 t | -56.7% |
| 2014 | 80.13 t | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 49 t | -38.8% |
| 2016 | 29 t | -40.8% |
| 2017 | 80 t | +175.9% |
| 2018 | 32.15 t | -59.8% |
| 2019 | 47.8 t | +48.7% |
| 2020 | 67.27 t | +40.7% |
| 2021 | 53.44 t | -20.6% |
| 2022 | 27.89 t | -47.8% |
| 2023 | 33.42 t | +19.8% |
| 2024 | 44.1 t | +32.0% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 44.1 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 106,808 t, 0% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 44.1 t is below the median for South Asia, which is 49,825 t, 0% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 508.65 t | 105 t | 1,284 t | 6 |
| 2010s | 96.23 t | 29 t | 216.98 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.22 t | 27.89 t | 67.27 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 105 Antigua and Barbuda 151.05 t compare
- 106 French Polynesia 143.42 t compare
- 107 China, Hong Kong SAR 60.75 t compare
- 109 Kuwait 32.11 t compare
- 110 Maldives 3.33 t compare
- 111 Singapore 0.12 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Bhutan?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Bhutan was 44.1 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,284 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.89 t in 2022.
- How does Bhutan rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Bhutan ranks 108th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.