Sweet potatoes — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sweet potatoes — Production was 22.09 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 22.09 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 23.28 million t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3.00 million t, in 1965.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.12 million t | — |
| 1962 | 3.41 million t | +9.3% |
| 1963 | 3.25 million t | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 3.05 million t | -6.1% |
| 1965 | 3.00 million t | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 3.07 million t | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 3.41 million t | +10.9% |
| 1968 | 3.47 million t | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 3.60 million t | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 4.49 million t | +24.6% |
| 1971 | 4.30 million t | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 4.08 million t | -5.2% |
| 1973 | 4.27 million t | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 5.01 million t | +17.5% |
| 1975 | 5.44 million t | +8.6% |
| 1976 | 5.79 million t | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 5.43 million t | -6.1% |
| 1978 | 5.81 million t | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 5.33 million t | -8.3% |
| 1980 | 5.26 million t | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 5.35 million t | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 5.68 million t | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 5.73 million t | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 5.49 million t | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 6.00 million t | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 6.17 million t | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 6.12 million t | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 6.05 million t | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 5.72 million t | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 5.91 million t | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 6.22 million t | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 6.18 million t | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 6.19 million t | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 6.13 million t | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 6.17 million t | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 5.63 million t | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 6.44 million t | +14.5% |
| 1998 | 6.87 million t | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 7.94 million t | +15.7% |
| 2000 | 8.19 million t | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 8.86 million t | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 9.63 million t | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 8.74 million t | -9.2% |
| 2004 | 10.16 million t | +16.2% |
| 2005 | 10.16 million t | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 10.47 million t | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 11.07 million t | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 9.86 million t | -10.9% |
| 2009 | 10.62 million t | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 12.42 million t | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 14.24 million t | +14.7% |
| 2012 | 14.78 million t | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 16.44 million t | +11.2% |
| 2014 | 19.93 million t | +21.3% |
| 2015 | 20.09 million t | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 20.20 million t | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 23.28 million t | +15.2% |
| 2018 | 20.81 million t | -10.6% |
| 2019 | 21.68 million t | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 22.26 million t | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 22.85 million t | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 21.26 million t | -7.0% |
| 2023 | 21.11 million t | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 22.09 million t | +4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.27 million t | 3.00 million t | 3.60 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.99 million t | 4.08 million t | 5.81 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.76 million t | 5.26 million t | 6.17 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.37 million t | 5.63 million t | 7.94 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.78 million t | 8.19 million t | 11.07 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.39 million t | 12.42 million t | 23.28 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.91 million t | 21.11 million t | 22.85 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 2 China, mainland 51.35 million t compare
- 3 Malawi 7.98 million t compare
- 4 Nigeria 4.09 million t compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 2.23 million t compare
- 5 Angola 2.12 million t compare
- 6 Indonesia 1.48 million t compare
- 6 Viet Nam 972,890 t compare
- 7 Rwanda 1.40 million t compare
- 7 Melanesia 866,742 t compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 625,963 t compare
- 8 India 1.31 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 5.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 7.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 6.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3601 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 22.09 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 23.28 million t in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.00 million t in 1965.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.