Sweet potatoes — Production in Caribbean
Caribbean: Sweet potatoes — Production was 498,450 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Caribbean stood at 498,450 t.
The figure is up 7.1% on the previous year and down 55.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Caribbean peaked at 1.12 million t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 436,307 t, in 1997.
That places Caribbean 17th out of 26 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 447,141 t | — |
| 1962 | 523,341 t | +17.0% |
| 1963 | 572,522 t | +9.4% |
| 1964 | 596,562 t | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 602,814 t | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 611,352 t | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 591,540 t | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 619,192 t | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 625,610 t | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 624,268 t | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 660,797 t | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 645,741 t | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 642,311 t | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 664,662 t | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 669,397 t | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 691,840 t | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 705,735 t | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 746,528 t | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 673,463 t | -9.8% |
| 1980 | 613,488 t | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 573,841 t | -6.5% |
| 1982 | 564,041 t | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 640,318 t | +13.5% |
| 1984 | 634,419 t | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 612,875 t | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 550,176 t | -10.2% |
| 1987 | 561,195 t | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 518,479 t | -7.6% |
| 1989 | 523,165 t | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 496,844 t | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 480,340 t | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 571,226 t | +18.9% |
| 1993 | 446,726 t | -21.8% |
| 1994 | 465,285 t | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 492,768 t | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 487,424 t | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 436,307 t | -10.5% |
| 1998 | 505,786 t | +15.9% |
| 1999 | 527,836 t | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 557,495 t | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 606,881 t | +8.9% |
| 2002 | 635,352 t | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 756,407 t | +19.1% |
| 2004 | 719,004 t | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 724,256 t | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 575,850 t | -20.5% |
| 2007 | 707,222 t | +22.8% |
| 2008 | 679,852 t | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 824,391 t | +21.3% |
| 2010 | 900,114 t | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 886,424 t | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 980,305 t | +10.6% |
| 2013 | 1.10 million t | +12.6% |
| 2014 | 1.12 million t | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 903,239 t | -19.4% |
| 2016 | 819,908 t | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 707,569 t | -13.7% |
| 2018 | 775,854 t | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 712,047 t | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 524,056 t | -26.4% |
| 2021 | 540,463 t | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 496,555 t | -8.1% |
| 2023 | 465,526 t | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 498,450 t | +7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 576,675 t | 447,141 t | 625,610 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 672,474 t | 624,268 t | 746,528 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 579,200 t | 518,479 t | 640,318 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 491,054 t | 436,307 t | 571,226 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 678,671 t | 557,495 t | 824,391 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 891,026 t | 707,569 t | 1.12 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 505,010 t | 465,526 t | 540,463 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,635 t compare
- 14 Kenya 862,724 t compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 3,120 t compare
- 15 Papua New Guinea 732,422 t compare
- 15 Micronesia 3,120 t compare
- 16 Japan 717,000 t compare
- 17 Cameroon 633,125 t compare
- 18 Mali 614,079 t compare
- 19 Philippines 504,411 t compare
- 20 Mozambique 502,352 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Caribbean
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 6.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 12.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 17.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 13.21 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Caribbean?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Caribbean was 498,450 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 1.12 million t in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 436,307 t in 1997.
- How does Caribbean rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Caribbean ranks 17th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.