Sweet potatoes — Production in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Production was 102,398 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Equatorial Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Equatorial Guinea stood at 102,398 t.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 106,330 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 19,700 t, in 1976.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 42nd of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 27,000 t | +8.0% |
| 1970 | 27,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 28,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 24,700 t | -11.8% |
| 1973 | 23,000 t | -6.9% |
| 1974 | 21,800 t | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 21,000 t | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 19,700 t | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 20,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 19,700 t | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 19,800 t | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 20,600 t | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 21,600 t | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 23,000 t | +6.5% |
| 1983 | 25,000 t | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 25,500 t | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 27,500 t | +7.8% |
| 1986 | 28,500 t | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 29,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 29,500 t | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 29,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 30,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 35,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1992 | 35,269 t | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 35,635 t | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 35,782 t | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 35,956 t | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 36,000 t | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 35,000 t | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 34,000 t | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 36,000 t | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 38,702 t | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 42,686 t | +10.3% |
| 2002 | 46,724 t | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 50,812 t | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 55,421 t | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 61,577 t | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 66,533 t | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 72,496 t | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 76,980 t | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 81,244 t | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 85,464 t | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 91,000 t | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 95,000 t | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 92,000 t | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 91,079 t | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 106,330 t | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 96,470 t | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 100,224 t | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 101,148 t | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 102,206 t | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 103,083 t | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 102,146 t | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 102,478 t | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 102,569 t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 102,398 t | -0.2% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 102,398 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 31,278 t, 3.3× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 102,398 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 179,140 t, 57% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,222 t | 25,000 t | 27,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,470 t | 19,700 t | 28,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,970 t | 20,600 t | 29,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,864 t | 30,000 t | 36,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 59,318 t | 38,702 t | 81,244 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 96,092 t | 85,464 t | 106,330 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 102,535 t | 102,146 t | 103,083 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 39 Solomon Islands 109,115 t compare
- 40 Argentina 108,309 t compare
- 41 Haiti 104,500 t compare
- 43 Australia and New Zealand 101,094 t compare
- 44 Dominican Republic 92,467 t compare
- 45 Australia 89,203 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Equatorial Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0321 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 212.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 30.0% (1983)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (1983)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Equatorial Guinea?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Equatorial Guinea was 102,398 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 106,330 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,700 t in 1976.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 42nd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.