Sweet potatoes — Production in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Sweet potatoes — Production was 96,155 t in 2017. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production in Southern Europe, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 96,155 t for sweet potatoes — production in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 60.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Southern Europe peaked at 196,583 t in 1963 and was at its lowest, 45,300 t, in 2012.
That places Southern Europe 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 193,120 t | — |
| 1962 | 188,577 t | -2.4% |
| 1963 | 196,583 t | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 183,429 t | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 168,820 t | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 155,411 t | -7.9% |
| 1967 | 155,435 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 145,981 t | -6.1% |
| 1969 | 141,141 t | -3.3% |
| 1970 | 138,793 t | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 140,435 t | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 139,788 t | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 131,316 t | -6.1% |
| 1974 | 134,605 t | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 130,564 t | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 139,747 t | +7.0% |
| 1977 | 140,109 t | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 133,276 t | -4.9% |
| 1979 | 134,682 t | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 132,642 t | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 122,647 t | -7.5% |
| 1982 | 116,088 t | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 111,481 t | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 100,214 t | -10.1% |
| 1985 | 106,427 t | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 95,313 t | -10.4% |
| 1987 | 97,221 t | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 78,284 t | -19.5% |
| 1989 | 74,251 t | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 74,990 t | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 74,814 t | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 76,038 t | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 82,831 t | +8.9% |
| 1994 | 73,540 t | -11.2% |
| 1995 | 58,881 t | -19.9% |
| 1996 | 60,540 t | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 61,273 t | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 59,017 t | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 60,532 t | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 53,900 t | -11.0% |
| 2001 | 69,093 t | +28.2% |
| 2002 | 67,464 t | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 63,379 t | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 82,226 t | +29.7% |
| 2005 | 75,361 t | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 72,726 t | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 59,867 t | -17.7% |
| 2008 | 63,476 t | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 59,621 t | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 57,073 t | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 49,427 t | -13.4% |
| 2012 | 45,300 t | -8.4% |
| 2013 | 53,250 t | +17.6% |
| 2014 | 68,500 t | +28.6% |
| 2015 | 66,272 t | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 89,465 t | +35.0% |
| 2017 | 96,155 t | +7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 169,833 t | 141,141 t | 196,583 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 136,332 t | 130,564 t | 140,435 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 103,457 t | 74,251 t | 132,642 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 68,246 t | 58,881 t | 82,831 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 66,711 t | 53,900 t | 82,226 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,680 t | 45,300 t | 96,155 t | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Southern Europe?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Southern Europe was 96,155 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 196,583 t in 1963.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,300 t in 2012.
- How does Southern Europe rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Southern Europe ranks 19th out of 26 groups with data for 2017.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.