Sweet potatoes — Production in Oceania
Oceania: Sweet potatoes — Production was 978,290 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Oceania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Oceania stood at 978,290 t.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Oceania peaked at 982,672 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 358,375 t, in 1961.
Oceania ranks 15th 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 Oceania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 358,375 t | — |
| 1962 | 361,011 t | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 362,868 t | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 366,417 t | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 370,821 t | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 386,027 t | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 391,903 t | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 392,368 t | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 403,140 t | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 422,286 t | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 433,557 t | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 457,636 t | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 467,285 t | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 495,785 t | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 497,160 t | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 497,795 t | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 500,937 t | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 504,881 t | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 491,853 t | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 506,082 t | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 510,901 t | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 507,846 t | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 538,405 t | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 543,553 t | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 552,022 t | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 548,609 t | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 555,058 t | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 591,677 t | +6.6% |
| 1989 | 542,588 t | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 546,940 t | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 561,315 t | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 570,453 t | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 586,535 t | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 563,333 t | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 577,972 t | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 572,982 t | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 579,232 t | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 582,878 t | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 606,328 t | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 619,763 t | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 631,363 t | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 638,751 t | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 657,989 t | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 683,831 t | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 703,374 t | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 723,450 t | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 748,406 t | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 751,442 t | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 761,620 t | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 781,765 t | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 812,728 t | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 831,476 t | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 857,727 t | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 879,400 t | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 899,896 t | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 915,074 t | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 930,962 t | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 948,767 t | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 965,786 t | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 982,672 t | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 974,847 t | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 981,082 t | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 982,606 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 978,290 t | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 376,992 t | 358,375 t | 403,140 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 476,918 t | 422,286 t | 504,881 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 539,674 t | 506,082 t | 591,677 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 574,797 t | 546,940 t | 606,328 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 691,999 t | 619,763 t | 761,620 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 882,358 t | 781,765 t | 965,786 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 979,899 t | 974,847 t | 982,672 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Oceania
- 12 Brazil 970,050 t compare
- 12 Polynesia 7,334 t compare
- 13 Burundi 944,229 t compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 4,825 t compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,635 t compare
- 14 Kenya 862,724 t compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 3,120 t compare
- 15 Papua New Guinea 732,422 t compare
- 15 Micronesia 3,120 t compare
- 16 Japan 717,000 t compare
- 17 Cameroon 633,125 t compare
- 17 Caribbean 498,450 t compare
- 18 Mali 614,079 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Oceania
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing 8.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Production, annual growth rate 42.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 38.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production, annual growth rate 8.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Production, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep — Stocks, annual growth rate 6.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, annual growth rate 0.0734 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual 11.04 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Oceania?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Oceania was 978,290 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 982,672 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 358,375 t in 1961.
- How does Oceania rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Oceania ranks 15th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oceania 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.