Sweet potatoes — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Sweet potatoes — Production was 24.84 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 24.84 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 25.78 million t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 4.00 million t, in 1961.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4th 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.00 million t | — |
| 1962 | 4.38 million t | +9.4% |
| 1963 | 4.33 million t | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 4.24 million t | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 4.15 million t | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 4.24 million t | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 4.86 million t | +14.6% |
| 1968 | 4.97 million t | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 5.17 million t | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 6.09 million t | +17.9% |
| 1971 | 5.90 million t | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 5.56 million t | -5.7% |
| 1973 | 5.70 million t | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 6.45 million t | +13.1% |
| 1975 | 7.02 million t | +8.9% |
| 1976 | 7.44 million t | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 6.97 million t | -6.4% |
| 1978 | 7.47 million t | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 7.04 million t | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 6.85 million t | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 6.87 million t | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 7.15 million t | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 7.26 million t | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 7.01 million t | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 7.42 million t | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 7.45 million t | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 7.31 million t | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 7.41 million t | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 6.97 million t | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 7.23 million t | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 7.51 million t | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 7.47 million t | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 7.58 million t | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 7.48 million t | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 7.56 million t | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 6.97 million t | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 7.74 million t | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 8.10 million t | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 9.08 million t | +12.1% |
| 2000 | 9.64 million t | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 10.52 million t | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 11.26 million t | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 10.68 million t | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 12.03 million t | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 12.08 million t | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 12.24 million t | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 13.20 million t | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 11.72 million t | -11.2% |
| 2009 | 13.00 million t | +10.9% |
| 2010 | 14.65 million t | +12.7% |
| 2011 | 16.28 million t | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 16.45 million t | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 18.69 million t | +13.7% |
| 2014 | 22.88 million t | +22.4% |
| 2015 | 23.20 million t | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 23.27 million t | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 25.78 million t | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 23.43 million t | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 24.37 million t | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 24.91 million t | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 25.35 million t | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 23.73 million t | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 23.87 million t | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 24.84 million t | +4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.48 million t | 4.00 million t | 5.17 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.56 million t | 5.56 million t | 7.47 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.17 million t | 6.85 million t | 7.45 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.67 million t | 6.97 million t | 9.08 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.64 million t | 9.64 million t | 13.20 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.90 million t | 14.65 million t | 25.78 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.54 million t | 23.73 million t | 25.35 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 1 China 51.57 million t compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 24.84 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 25.78 million t in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.00 million t in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.