Sweet potatoes — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Production was 17.75 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Eastern Africa is 17.75 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 19.73 million t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.08 million t, in 1965.
That places Eastern Africa 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.13 million t | — |
| 1962 | 2.39 million t | +12.0% |
| 1963 | 2.26 million t | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 2.10 million t | -6.8% |
| 1965 | 2.08 million t | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 2.12 million t | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 2.40 million t | +13.3% |
| 1968 | 2.43 million t | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 2.54 million t | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 3.39 million t | +33.5% |
| 1971 | 3.22 million t | -5.0% |
| 1972 | 2.99 million t | -7.2% |
| 1973 | 3.16 million t | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 3.86 million t | +22.0% |
| 1975 | 4.26 million t | +10.5% |
| 1976 | 4.55 million t | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 4.17 million t | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 4.60 million t | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 4.14 million t | -10.0% |
| 1980 | 4.08 million t | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 4.16 million t | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 4.44 million t | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 4.46 million t | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 4.16 million t | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 4.69 million t | +12.9% |
| 1986 | 4.89 million t | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 4.81 million t | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 4.73 million t | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 4.43 million t | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 4.58 million t | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 4.98 million t | +8.7% |
| 1992 | 4.88 million t | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 5.00 million t | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 4.88 million t | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 4.94 million t | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 4.35 million t | -11.9% |
| 1997 | 5.01 million t | +15.2% |
| 1998 | 5.39 million t | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 6.28 million t | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 6.76 million t | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 7.41 million t | +9.7% |
| 2002 | 8.10 million t | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 7.12 million t | -12.1% |
| 2004 | 8.55 million t | +20.1% |
| 2005 | 8.39 million t | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 8.55 million t | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 9.00 million t | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 7.78 million t | -13.6% |
| 2009 | 8.60 million t | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 9.92 million t | +15.4% |
| 2011 | 11.28 million t | +13.7% |
| 2012 | 11.40 million t | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 12.96 million t | +13.7% |
| 2014 | 16.88 million t | +30.2% |
| 2015 | 17.21 million t | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 17.03 million t | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 19.73 million t | +15.8% |
| 2018 | 17.45 million t | -11.5% |
| 2019 | 18.31 million t | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 18.54 million t | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 19.07 million t | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 17.31 million t | -9.3% |
| 2023 | 17.10 million t | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 17.75 million t | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.27 million t | 2.08 million t | 2.54 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.83 million t | 2.99 million t | 4.60 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.49 million t | 4.08 million t | 4.89 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.03 million t | 4.35 million t | 6.28 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.03 million t | 6.76 million t | 9.00 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.22 million t | 9.92 million t | 19.73 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.95 million t | 17.10 million t | 19.07 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 3 Malawi 7.98 million t compare
- 4 Nigeria 4.09 million t compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 2.23 million t compare
- 5 Angola 2.12 million t compare
- 6 Indonesia 1.48 million t compare
- 6 Viet Nam 972,890 t compare
- 7 Rwanda 1.40 million t compare
- 7 Melanesia 866,742 t compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 625,963 t compare
- 8 India 1.31 million t compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 576,338 t compare
- 9 Madagascar 1.30 million t compare
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.0158 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 10.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 0.3517 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Eastern Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Eastern Africa was 17.75 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 19.73 million t in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.08 million t in 1965.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.