Sweet potatoes — Production in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Sweet potatoes — Production was 60.75 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
China, Hong Kong SAR recorded 60.75 t for sweet potatoes — production in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 34,876 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 55 t, in 2009.
China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 107th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,876 t | — |
| 1962 | 28,670 t | -17.8% |
| 1963 | 29,260 t | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 18,688 t | -36.1% |
| 1965 | 19,600 t | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 11,760 t | -40.0% |
| 1967 | 11,000 t | -6.5% |
| 1968 | 9,800 t | -10.9% |
| 1969 | 7,100 t | -27.6% |
| 1970 | 2,038 t | -71.3% |
| 1971 | 1,615 t | -20.8% |
| 1972 | 1,535 t | -5.0% |
| 1973 | 1,390 t | -9.4% |
| 1974 | 2,097 t | +50.9% |
| 1975 | 1,600 t | -23.7% |
| 1976 | 742 t | -53.6% |
| 1977 | 1,195 t | +61.1% |
| 1978 | 530 t | -55.6% |
| 1979 | 414 t | -21.9% |
| 1980 | 418 t | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 360 t | -13.9% |
| 1982 | 400 t | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 410 t | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 420 t | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 400 t | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 300 t | -25.0% |
| 1987 | 275 t | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 360 t | +30.9% |
| 1989 | 360 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 300 t | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 280 t | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 223.31 t | -20.2% |
| 1993 | 200 t | -10.4% |
| 1994 | 117 t | -41.5% |
| 1995 | 128 t | +9.4% |
| 1996 | 135 t | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 140 t | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 100 t | -28.6% |
| 1999 | 117.34 t | +17.3% |
| 2000 | 93.1 t | -20.7% |
| 2001 | 83.43 t | -10.4% |
| 2002 | 97.49 t | +16.9% |
| 2003 | 89.13 t | -8.6% |
| 2004 | 91.65 t | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 83.11 t | -9.3% |
| 2006 | 85 t | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 75 t | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 65 t | -13.3% |
| 2009 | 55 t | -15.4% |
| 2010 | 58.39 t | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 59.84 t | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 65 t | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 68 t | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 68.48 t | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 58.73 t | -14.2% |
| 2016 | 65.07 t | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 62.29 t | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 59.4 t | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 62.26 t | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 60.2 t | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 60.62 t | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 61.02 t | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 60.61 t | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 60.75 t | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,973 t | 7,100 t | 34,876 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,316 t | 414 t | 2,097 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 370.3 t | 275 t | 420 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 174.06 t | 100 t | 300 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.79 t | 55 t | 97.49 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.75 t | 58.39 t | 68.48 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.64 t | 60.2 t | 61.02 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, Hong Kong SAR
- 104 Saint Kitts and Nevis 176.94 t compare
- 105 Antigua and Barbuda 151.05 t compare
- 106 French Polynesia 143.42 t compare
- 108 Bhutan 44.1 t compare
- 109 Kuwait 32.11 t compare
- 110 Maldives 3.33 t compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight -7.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value 35,650 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Sweet potatoes — production in China, Hong Kong SAR was 60.75 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 34,876 t in 1961.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 55 t in 2009.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 107th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR 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.