Sweet potatoes — Production in Honduras
Honduras: Sweet potatoes — Production was 28,629 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Honduras, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Honduras stood at 28,629 t.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 89.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Honduras peaked at 28,661 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 762.59 t, in 1999.
Honduras ranks 58th 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 Honduras, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 772 t | — |
| 1962 | 780 t | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 797 t | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 805 t | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 823 t | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 832 t | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 860 t | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 889 t | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 919 t | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 950 t | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 980 t | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 1,060 t | +8.2% |
| 1973 | 910 t | -14.2% |
| 1974 | 1,000 t | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 1,100 t | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 1,200 t | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 1,300 t | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 1,400 t | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 1,500 t | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 1,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,424 t | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 1,500 t | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 1,600 t | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 1,650 t | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 1,700 t | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 1,750 t | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 1,800 t | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 1,850 t | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 900 t | -51.4% |
| 1991 | 950 t | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 970 t | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 1,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 978.7 t | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 975.51 t | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 969.51 t | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 930.44 t | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 916.98 t | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 762.59 t | -16.8% |
| 2000 | 778.87 t | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 818.54 t | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 806 t | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 942 t | +16.9% |
| 2004 | 1,650 t | +75.2% |
| 2005 | 3,400 t | +106.1% |
| 2006 | 5,400 t | +58.8% |
| 2007 | 7,900 t | +46.3% |
| 2008 | 9,000 t | +13.9% |
| 2009 | 7,000 t | -22.2% |
| 2010 | 7,508 t | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 8,000 t | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 7,500 t | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 7,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15,088 t | +101.2% |
| 2015 | 15,000 t | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 18,504 t | +23.4% |
| 2017 | 19,158 t | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 18,000 t | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 19,800 t | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 21,820 t | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 23,500 t | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 25,384 t | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 28,661 t | +12.9% |
| 2024 | 28,629 t | -0.1% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 28,629 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 106,808 t, 27% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 28,629 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,282 t, 8.7× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production in Honduras 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +106.1% | 1,650 t | 3,400 t |
| 2014 | +101.2% | 7,500 t | 15,088 t |
| 2004 | +75.2% | 942 t | 1,650 t |
| 2006 | +58.8% | 3,400 t | 5,400 t |
| 1990 | -51.4% | 1,850 t | 900 t |
| 2007 | +46.3% | 5,400 t | 7,900 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 830.78 t | 772 t | 919 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,140 t | 910 t | 1,500 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,627 t | 1,424 t | 1,850 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 935.37 t | 762.59 t | 1,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,770 t | 778.87 t | 9,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,606 t | 7,500 t | 19,800 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,599 t | 21,820 t | 28,661 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Honduras
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 479.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.513 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4075 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Honduras?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Honduras was 28,629 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 28,661 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 762.59 t in 1999.
- How does Honduras rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Honduras ranks 58th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Honduras 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.