Sweet potatoes — Production in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Sweet potatoes — Production was 176.94 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Saint Kitts and Nevis is 176.94 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 313 t in 1971 and was at its lowest, 80 t, in 1961.
Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 104th of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Saint Kitts and Nevis, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80 t | — |
| 1962 | 80 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100 t | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 120 t | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 150 t | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 150 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 200 t | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 250 t | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 313 t | +25.2% |
| 1972 | 250 t | -20.1% |
| 1973 | 191 t | -23.6% |
| 1974 | 204 t | +6.8% |
| 1975 | 100 t | -51.0% |
| 1976 | 120 t | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 91 t | -24.2% |
| 1978 | 100 t | +9.9% |
| 1979 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 125 t | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 135 t | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 140 t | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 150 t | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 150 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 150 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 150 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 150 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 155 t | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 155 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 160 t | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 178.69 t | +11.7% |
| 1992 | 170 t | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 180 t | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 190 t | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 225 t | +18.4% |
| 1996 | 250 t | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 150 t | -40.0% |
| 1998 | 175 t | +16.7% |
| 1999 | 170 t | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 151 t | -11.2% |
| 2001 | 150 t | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 171.74 t | +14.5% |
| 2003 | 171.97 t | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 166.32 t | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 155 t | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 200 t | +29.0% |
| 2007 | 193 t | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 199 t | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 230 t | +15.6% |
| 2010 | 198.4 t | -13.7% |
| 2011 | 216 t | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 183 t | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 256 t | +39.9% |
| 2014 | 139 t | -45.7% |
| 2015 | 128 t | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 182 t | +42.2% |
| 2017 | 172 t | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 149 t | -13.4% |
| 2019 | 305.5 t | +105.0% |
| 2020 | 159.6 t | -47.8% |
| 2021 | 175.5 t | +10.0% |
| 2022 | 126 t | -28.2% |
| 2023 | 176 t | +39.7% |
| 2024 | 176.94 t | +0.5% |
Saint Kitts and Nevis compared with similar countries
- Saint Kitts and Nevis's 176.94 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,903 t, 9% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis's 176.94 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,282 t, 5% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production in Saint Kitts and Nevis changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +105.0% | 149 t | 305.5 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 131.11 t | 80 t | 200 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 171.9 t | 91 t | 313 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 146 t | 125 t | 155 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 184.87 t | 150 t | 250 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 178.8 t | 150 t | 230 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 192.89 t | 128 t | 305.5 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 162.81 t | 126 t | 176.94 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 101 Panama 260.03 t compare
- 102 Niue 251.87 t compare
- 103 Belize 207 t compare
- 105 Antigua and Barbuda 151.05 t compare
- 106 French Polynesia 143.42 t compare
- 107 China, Hong Kong SAR 60.75 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 325.29 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0156 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.681 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 176.94 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The highest recorded value was 313 t in 1971.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 t in 1961.
- How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 104th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis 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.