Sweet potatoes — Production in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Sweet potatoes — Production was 53.17 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 53.17 million t for sweet potatoes — production in 2024.
The figure is down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Eastern Asia peaked at 137.44 million t in 1973 and was at its lowest, 52.04 million t, in 2019.
That places Eastern Asia 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 84.83 million t | — |
| 1962 | 90.70 million t | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 84.03 million t | -7.4% |
| 1964 | 78.58 million t | -6.5% |
| 1965 | 94.60 million t | +20.4% |
| 1966 | 105.99 million t | +12.0% |
| 1967 | 103.91 million t | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 103.00 million t | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 110.23 million t | +7.0% |
| 1970 | 120.28 million t | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 111.22 million t | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 106.11 million t | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 137.44 million t | +29.5% |
| 1974 | 121.03 million t | -11.9% |
| 1975 | 124.44 million t | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 115.79 million t | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 126.52 million t | +9.3% |
| 1978 | 134.78 million t | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 120.84 million t | -10.3% |
| 1980 | 121.45 million t | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 108.77 million t | -10.4% |
| 1982 | 112.72 million t | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 121.61 million t | +7.9% |
| 1984 | 117.13 million t | -3.7% |
| 1985 | 106.35 million t | -9.2% |
| 1986 | 104.44 million t | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 117.00 million t | +12.0% |
| 1988 | 105.60 million t | -9.7% |
| 1989 | 107.92 million t | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 106.99 million t | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 107.46 million t | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 106.53 million t | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 114.79 million t | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 109.36 million t | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 119.01 million t | +8.8% |
| 1996 | 125.58 million t | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 104.34 million t | -16.9% |
| 1998 | 117.54 million t | +12.7% |
| 1999 | 128.07 million t | +9.0% |
| 2000 | 119.89 million t | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 115.44 million t | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 114.99 million t | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 109.31 million t | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 107.55 million t | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 104.44 million t | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 82.91 million t | -20.6% |
| 2007 | 77.49 million t | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 80.16 million t | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 71.81 million t | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 67.40 million t | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 66.43 million t | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 61.61 million t | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 58.83 million t | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 57.62 million t | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 55.96 million t | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 53.52 million t | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 53.27 million t | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 54.97 million t | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 52.04 million t | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 53.36 million t | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 53.39 million t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 52.94 million t | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 53.19 million t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 53.17 million t | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95.10 million t | 78.58 million t | 110.23 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 121.85 million t | 106.11 million t | 137.44 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 112.30 million t | 104.44 million t | 121.61 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 113.97 million t | 104.34 million t | 128.07 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 98.40 million t | 71.81 million t | 119.89 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.16 million t | 52.04 million t | 67.40 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.21 million t | 52.94 million t | 53.39 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
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- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.7992 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8516 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8101 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.4424 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Eastern Asia?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Eastern Asia was 53.17 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 137.44 million t in 1973.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.04 million t in 2019.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Eastern Asia ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.