Sweet potatoes — Production in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Sweet potatoes — Production was 308 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in Trinidad and Tobago is 308 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 62.7% on the previous year and down 83.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 2,759 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4 t, in 1986.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 97th 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 Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 580 t | — |
| 1962 | 865 t | +49.1% |
| 1963 | 865 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,483 t | +71.4% |
| 1965 | 1,493 t | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 1,517 t | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 1,585 t | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 1,429 t | -9.8% |
| 1969 | 1,572 t | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 1,483 t | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 1,519 t | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 1,388 t | -8.6% |
| 1973 | 2,540 t | +83.0% |
| 1974 | 2,631 t | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 2,540 t | -3.5% |
| 1976 | 2,600 t | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 2,700 t | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 2,568 t | -4.9% |
| 1979 | 2,200 t | -14.3% |
| 1980 | 2,168 t | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 2,068 t | -4.6% |
| 1982 | 1,909 t | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 1,000 t | -47.6% |
| 1984 | 167 t | -83.3% |
| 1985 | 41 t | -75.4% |
| 1986 | 4 t | -90.2% |
| 1987 | 43 t | +975.0% |
| 1988 | 89 t | +107.0% |
| 1989 | 212 t | +138.2% |
| 1990 | 75 t | -64.6% |
| 1991 | 33 t | -56.0% |
| 1992 | 58 t | +75.8% |
| 1993 | 140 t | +141.4% |
| 1994 | 68 t | -51.4% |
| 1995 | 500 t | +635.3% |
| 1996 | 294 t | -41.2% |
| 1997 | 126 t | -57.1% |
| 1998 | 286 t | +127.0% |
| 1999 | 222 t | -22.4% |
| 2000 | 171 t | -23.0% |
| 2001 | 188 t | +9.9% |
| 2002 | 247 t | +31.4% |
| 2003 | 216 t | -12.6% |
| 2004 | 199 t | -7.9% |
| 2005 | 81 t | -59.3% |
| 2006 | 300 t | +270.4% |
| 2007 | 48 t | -84.0% |
| 2008 | 155 t | +222.9% |
| 2009 | 271 t | +74.8% |
| 2010 | 1,315 t | +385.2% |
| 2011 | 1,205 t | -8.4% |
| 2012 | 1,296 t | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 1,843 t | +42.2% |
| 2014 | 1,909 t | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 2,503 t | +31.1% |
| 2016 | 2,153 t | -14.0% |
| 2017 | 1,924 t | -10.6% |
| 2018 | 598 t | -68.9% |
| 2019 | 732 t | +22.4% |
| 2020 | 2,759 t | +276.9% |
| 2021 | 1,832 t | -33.6% |
| 2022 | 1,165 t | -36.4% |
| 2023 | 825 t | -29.2% |
| 2024 | 308 t | -62.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,265 t | 580 t | 1,585 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,217 t | 1,388 t | 2,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 770.1 t | 4 t | 2,168 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 180.2 t | 33 t | 500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 187.6 t | 48 t | 300 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,548 t | 598 t | 2,503 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,378 t | 308 t | 2,759 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 94 Grenada 522.93 t compare
- 95 Saint Lucia 405.07 t compare
- 96 Yemen 322.06 t compare
- 98 Cook Islands 299.22 t compare
- 99 Brunei Darussalam 286.37 t compare
- 100 Puerto Rico 267.07 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.7776 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.7776 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Trinidad and Tobago was 308 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 2,759 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 t in 1986.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 97th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 83.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.