Sweet potatoes — Production in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Sweet potatoes — Production was 643 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines recorded 643 t for sweet potatoes — production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 23.1% on the previous year and down 79.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines peaked at 11,802 t in 1986 and was at its lowest, 643 t, in 2024.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 91st of 113 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,536 t | — |
| 1962 | 4,536 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,443 t | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 5,443 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7,257 t | +33.3% |
| 1966 | 7,257 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,500 t | -38.0% |
| 1968 | 4,560 t | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 4,702 t | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 3,630 t | -22.8% |
| 1971 | 3,630 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,903 t | -20.0% |
| 1973 | 2,722 t | -6.2% |
| 1974 | 2,268 t | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 1,935 t | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 3,210 t | +65.9% |
| 1977 | 1,104 t | -65.6% |
| 1978 | 1,585 t | +43.6% |
| 1979 | 1,451 t | -8.5% |
| 1980 | 2,110 t | +45.4% |
| 1981 | 1,369 t | -35.1% |
| 1982 | 1,450 t | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 1,085 t | -25.2% |
| 1984 | 2,318 t | +113.6% |
| 1985 | 8,511 t | +267.2% |
| 1986 | 11,802 t | +38.7% |
| 1987 | 4,596 t | -61.1% |
| 1988 | 7,962 t | +73.2% |
| 1989 | 3,933 t | -50.6% |
| 1990 | 2,847 t | -27.6% |
| 1991 | 3,850 t | +35.2% |
| 1992 | 4,000 t | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 2,958 t | -26.1% |
| 1994 | 2,030 t | -31.4% |
| 1995 | 1,810 t | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 1,925 t | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 1,621 t | -15.8% |
| 1998 | 2,138 t | +31.9% |
| 1999 | 2,181 t | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 1,850 t | -15.2% |
| 2001 | 1,615 t | -12.7% |
| 2002 | 1,500 t | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 1,136 t | -24.3% |
| 2004 | 1,225 t | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 1,250 t | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 2,297 t | +83.8% |
| 2007 | 2,300 t | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,200 t | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 2,800 t | +27.3% |
| 2010 | 3,018 t | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 2,719 t | -9.9% |
| 2012 | 3,018 t | +11.0% |
| 2013 | 2,827 t | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 3,120 t | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 2,773 t | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 2,355 t | -15.1% |
| 2017 | 2,110 t | -10.4% |
| 2018 | 2,172 t | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 2,500 t | +15.1% |
| 2020 | 2,219 t | -11.2% |
| 2021 | 1,443 t | -35.0% |
| 2022 | 1,014 t | -29.7% |
| 2023 | 836 t | -17.6% |
| 2024 | 643 t | -23.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,359 t | 4,500 t | 7,257 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,444 t | 1,104 t | 3,630 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,514 t | 1,085 t | 11,802 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,536 t | 1,621 t | 4,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,817 t | 1,136 t | 2,800 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,661 t | 2,110 t | 3,120 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,231 t | 643 t | 2,219 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 88 El Salvador 764.75 t compare
- 89 Réunion 760 t compare
- 90 New Caledonia 644.1 t compare
- 92 Martinique 639 t compare
- 93 Suriname 594.88 t compare
- 94 Grenada 522.93 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0344 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 431.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9414 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5202 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 3.44 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.44 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was 643 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The highest recorded value was 11,802 t in 1986.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The lowest recorded value was 643 t in 2024.
- How does Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 91st out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 79.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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.