Sweet potatoes — Production in Europe
Europe: Sweet potatoes — Production was 96,155 t in 2017. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production in Europe, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Europe recorded 96,155 t for sweet potatoes — production in 2017.
That represents a change of up 7.5% on the previous year and up 60.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Europe peaked at 196,583 t in 1963 and was at its lowest, 45,300 t, in 2012.
That places Europe 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 169,833 t | 141,141 t | 196,583 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 136,332 t | 130,564 t | 140,435 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 103,457 t | 74,251 t | 132,642 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 68,246 t | 58,881 t | 82,831 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 66,711 t | 53,900 t | 82,226 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,680 t | 45,300 t | 96,155 t | 8 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 19 Japan 717,000 t compare
- 20 Cameroon 633,125 t compare
- 21 Democratic Republic of the Congo 625,963 t compare
- 22 Mali 614,079 t compare
- 23 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 576,338 t compare
- 24 Philippines 504,411 t compare
- 25 Mozambique 502,352 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Europe
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 177.78 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 663,560 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 137,267 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 63,355 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 398,589 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 21,030 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 22.48 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,412 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 1,912 g/An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production 11.31 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Europe?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Europe was 96,155 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 196,583 t in 1963.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,300 t in 2012.
- How does Europe rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Europe ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2017.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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.