Sweet potatoes — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Production was 74,473 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Southern Africa stood at 74,473 t.
The figure is down 6.5% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Southern Africa peaked at 96,611 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 42,900 t, in 1966.
That places Southern Africa 22nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 47,895 t | — |
| 1962 | 51,600 t | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 43,800 t | -15.1% |
| 1964 | 46,900 t | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 43,800 t | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 42,900 t | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 48,900 t | +14.0% |
| 1968 | 48,000 t | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 44,100 t | -8.1% |
| 1970 | 51,300 t | +16.3% |
| 1971 | 43,872 t | -14.5% |
| 1972 | 48,864 t | +11.4% |
| 1973 | 45,217 t | -7.5% |
| 1974 | 50,013 t | +10.6% |
| 1975 | 47,519 t | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 51,283 t | +7.9% |
| 1977 | 47,137 t | -8.1% |
| 1978 | 53,000 t | +12.4% |
| 1979 | 57,000 t | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 54,400 t | -4.6% |
| 1981 | 47,039 t | -13.5% |
| 1982 | 45,192 t | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 47,720 t | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 54,684 t | +14.6% |
| 1985 | 61,007 t | +11.6% |
| 1986 | 55,541 t | -9.0% |
| 1987 | 64,952 t | +16.9% |
| 1988 | 62,593 t | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 59,140 t | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 55,225 t | -6.6% |
| 1991 | 59,744 t | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 58,938 t | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 67,642 t | +14.8% |
| 1994 | 68,092 t | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 58,085 t | -14.7% |
| 1996 | 48,705 t | -16.1% |
| 1997 | 61,968 t | +27.2% |
| 1998 | 60,500 t | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 54,300 t | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 54,394 t | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 58,610 t | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 54,778 t | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 52,629 t | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 57,257 t | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 56,942 t | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 49,294 t | -13.4% |
| 2007 | 53,007 t | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 54,938 t | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 65,522 t | +19.3% |
| 2010 | 68,380 t | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 58,249 t | -14.8% |
| 2012 | 57,700 t | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 67,535 t | +17.0% |
| 2014 | 65,055 t | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 67,956 t | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 64,158 t | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 76,881 t | +19.8% |
| 2018 | 89,510 t | +16.4% |
| 2019 | 96,611 t | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 87,090 t | -9.9% |
| 2021 | 85,566 t | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 95,661 t | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 79,674 t | -16.7% |
| 2024 | 74,473 t | -6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,433 t | 42,900 t | 51,600 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 49,520 t | 43,872 t | 57,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 55,227 t | 45,192 t | 64,952 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 59,320 t | 48,705 t | 68,092 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 55,737 t | 49,294 t | 65,522 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 71,203 t | 57,700 t | 96,611 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,493 t | 74,473 t | 95,661 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 19 Philippines 504,411 t compare
- 20 Mozambique 502,352 t compare
- 21 Egypt 443,511 t compare
- 22 Guinea 363,807 t compare
- 23 Niger 314,757 t compare
- 24 Republic of Korea 314,426 t compare
- 25 Bangladesh 302,073 t compare
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- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 1.93 million ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield 837 kg/ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested 141,439 ha (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks 183,952 1000 An (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 731,569 t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield 377.6 kg/ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested 1.94 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Southern Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Southern Africa was 74,473 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 96,611 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,900 t in 1966.
- How does Southern Africa rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 22nd out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.