Sweet potatoes — Production in Northern America
Northern America: Sweet potatoes — Production was 1.12 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Northern America is 1.12 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Northern America peaked at 1.62 million t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 496,820 t, in 1980.
Northern America ranks 13th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Northern America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 654,483 t | — |
| 1962 | 777,093 t | +18.7% |
| 1963 | 651,752 t | -16.1% |
| 1964 | 588,778 t | -9.7% |
| 1965 | 702,030 t | +19.2% |
| 1966 | 620,357 t | -11.6% |
| 1967 | 612,133 t | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 607,058 t | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 638,478 t | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 597,482 t | -6.4% |
| 1971 | 521,776 t | -12.7% |
| 1972 | 552,464 t | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 551,808 t | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 605,417 t | +9.7% |
| 1975 | 585,227 t | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 602,670 t | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 539,636 t | -10.5% |
| 1978 | 594,885 t | +10.2% |
| 1979 | 606,450 t | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 496,820 t | -18.1% |
| 1981 | 580,550 t | +16.9% |
| 1982 | 672,810 t | +15.9% |
| 1983 | 548,920 t | -18.4% |
| 1984 | 586,000 t | +6.8% |
| 1985 | 661,890 t | +13.0% |
| 1986 | 561,950 t | -15.1% |
| 1987 | 527,400 t | -6.1% |
| 1988 | 497,160 t | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 515,770 t | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 571,250 t | +10.8% |
| 1991 | 508,000 t | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 544,500 t | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 500,200 t | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 606,900 t | +21.3% |
| 1995 | 581,550 t | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 599,470 t | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 604,500 t | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 560,867 t | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 554,335 t | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 625,050 t | +12.8% |
| 2001 | 658,389 t | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 580,553 t | -11.8% |
| 2003 | 720,804 t | +24.2% |
| 2004 | 730,830 t | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 713,500 t | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 743,937 t | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 819,641 t | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 836,560 t | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 883,100 t | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 1.08 million t | +22.5% |
| 2011 | 1.22 million t | +13.1% |
| 2012 | 1.20 million t | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 1.12 million t | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 1.34 million t | +19.4% |
| 2015 | 1.41 million t | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 1.43 million t | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 1.62 million t | +13.0% |
| 2018 | 1.24 million t | -23.2% |
| 2019 | 1.45 million t | +16.8% |
| 2020 | 1.37 million t | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 1.36 million t | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 1.26 million t | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 1.14 million t | -9.6% |
| 2024 | 1.12 million t | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 650,240 t | 588,778 t | 777,093 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 575,782 t | 521,776 t | 606,450 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 564,927 t | 496,820 t | 672,810 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 563,157 t | 500,200 t | 606,900 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 731,236 t | 580,553 t | 883,100 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.31 million t | 1.08 million t | 1.62 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.25 million t | 1.12 million t | 1.37 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -12.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested 52.13 million ha (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 52.99 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 10,649 kg/An (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 112.44 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals 10.56 million An (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 52.11 million ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield 2,256 kg/ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production 117.58 million t (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production 8.98 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Northern America?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Northern America was 1.12 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.62 million t in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 496,820 t in 1980.
- How does Northern America rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Northern America ranks 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.