Sweet potatoes — Production in Grenada
Grenada: Sweet potatoes — Production was 522.93 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Grenada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Grenada is 522.93 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.2% on the previous year and down 51.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Grenada peaked at 1,728 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 73 t, in 2007.
Grenada ranks 94th 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 Grenada, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 410 t | — |
| 1962 | 420 t | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 430 t | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 440 t | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 450 t | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 481 t | +6.9% |
| 1967 | 500 t | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 500 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 510 t | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 500 t | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 508 t | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 450 t | -11.4% |
| 1973 | 305 t | -32.2% |
| 1974 | 311 t | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 318 t | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 340 t | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 405 t | +19.1% |
| 1978 | 391 t | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 371 t | -5.1% |
| 1980 | 276 t | -25.6% |
| 1981 | 270 t | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 296 t | +9.6% |
| 1983 | 276 t | -6.8% |
| 1984 | 276 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 278 t | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 225 t | -19.1% |
| 1987 | 228 t | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 230 t | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 255 t | +10.9% |
| 1990 | 260 t | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 263 t | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 267 t | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 263 t | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 268 t | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 268 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 270 t | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 250 t | -7.4% |
| 1998 | 250 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 200 t | -20.0% |
| 2000 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 150 t | -25.0% |
| 2002 | 150 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 120 t | -20.0% |
| 2004 | 120 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 93 t | -22.5% |
| 2006 | 126 t | +35.5% |
| 2007 | 73 t | -42.1% |
| 2008 | 117 t | +60.3% |
| 2009 | 128 t | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 173.83 t | +35.8% |
| 2011 | 219.77 t | +26.4% |
| 2012 | 238.7 t | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 445 t | +86.4% |
| 2014 | 1,087 t | +144.3% |
| 2015 | 1,728 t | +59.0% |
| 2016 | 1,261 t | -27.0% |
| 2017 | 1,237 t | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 1,313 t | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 1,624 t | +23.7% |
| 2020 | 1,286 t | -20.8% |
| 2021 | 951 t | -26.0% |
| 2022 | 675 t | -29.0% |
| 2023 | 709 t | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 522.93 t | -26.2% |
Grenada compared with similar countries
- Grenada's 522.93 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 31,278 t, 2% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Grenada's 522.93 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,282 t, 16% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production in Grenada changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +144.3% | 445 t | 1,087 t |
| 2013 | +86.4% | 238.7 t | 445 t |
| 2008 | +60.3% | 73 t | 117 t |
| 2015 | +59.0% | 1,087 t | 1,728 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 460.11 t | 410 t | 510 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 389.9 t | 305 t | 508 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 261 t | 225 t | 296 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 255.9 t | 200 t | 270 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 127.7 t | 73 t | 200 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 932.73 t | 173.83 t | 1,728 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 828.79 t | 522.93 t | 1,286 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Grenada
- 91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 643 t compare
- 92 Martinique 639 t compare
- 93 Suriname 594.88 t compare
- 95 Saint Lucia 405.07 t compare
- 96 Yemen 322.06 t compare
- 97 Trinidad and Tobago 308 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Grenada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.9004 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0254 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 307.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0888 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6333 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Grenada?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Grenada was 522.93 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Grenada?
- The highest recorded value was 1,728 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Grenada?
- The lowest recorded value was 73 t in 2007.
- How does Grenada rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Grenada ranks 94th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Grenada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Grenada 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.