Sweet potatoes — Production in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Sweet potatoes — Production was 267.07 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Puerto Rico stood at 267.07 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.9% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Puerto Rico peaked at 14,288 t in 1966 and was at its lowest, 243.1 t, in 2023.
That places Puerto Rico 99th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,621 t | 10,433 t | 14,288 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,104 t | 7,031 t | 9,707 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,083 t | 8,074 t | 10,297 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,308 t | 1,902 t | 9,207 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,942 t | 2,276 t | 3,276 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,093 t | 278.46 t | 2,742 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 353.53 t | 243.1 t | 509.91 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 96 Yemen 322.06 t compare
- 97 Trinidad and Tobago 308 t compare
- 98 Brunei Darussalam 286.37 t compare
- 100 Panama 260.03 t compare
- 101 Belize 207 t compare
- 102 Saint Kitts and Nevis 176.94 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
- Cereal production 3,952 metric tons (2023)
- Cereal yield 3,612 kg per hectare (2023)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 10 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Puerto Rico?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Puerto Rico was 267.07 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 14,288 t in 1966.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 243.1 t in 2023.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Puerto Rico ranks 99th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.