Sweet potatoes — Production in Uganda
Uganda: Sweet potatoes — Production was 1.03 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Uganda stood at 1.03 million t.
That represents a change of down 14.0% on the previous year and down 43.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Uganda peaked at 2.65 million t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 495,000 t, in 1961.
That places Uganda 11th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Uganda, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 495,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 550,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 605,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 610,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 600,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 520,000 t | -13.3% |
| 1967 | 658,000 t | +26.5% |
| 1968 | 660,000 t | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 800,000 t | +21.2% |
| 1970 | 1.57 million t | +96.2% |
| 1971 | 1.43 million t | -9.2% |
| 1972 | 1.22 million t | -14.1% |
| 1973 | 1.23 million t | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 1.79 million t | +45.1% |
| 1975 | 1.95 million t | +9.4% |
| 1976 | 2.00 million t | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 1.66 million t | -17.1% |
| 1978 | 1.69 million t | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 1.27 million t | -24.7% |
| 1980 | 1.20 million t | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 1.30 million t | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 1.49 million t | +14.4% |
| 1983 | 1.84 million t | +23.9% |
| 1984 | 1.63 million t | -11.6% |
| 1985 | 1.66 million t | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 1.86 million t | +12.1% |
| 1987 | 1.67 million t | -10.2% |
| 1988 | 1.72 million t | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 1.66 million t | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 1.69 million t | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 1.78 million t | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 1.91 million t | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 1.96 million t | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 2.13 million t | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 2.22 million t | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 1.55 million t | -30.4% |
| 1997 | 1.89 million t | +22.4% |
| 1998 | 2.18 million t | +14.9% |
| 1999 | 2.35 million t | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 2.40 million t | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 2.52 million t | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 2.59 million t | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 2.61 million t | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 2.65 million t | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 2.60 million t | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 2.63 million t | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 2.65 million t | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 1.79 million t | -32.4% |
| 2009 | 1.94 million t | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 1.99 million t | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 1.80 million t | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 1.85 million t | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 1.81 million t | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 1.82 million t | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 2.05 million t | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 1.91 million t | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 1.93 million t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 1.48 million t | -23.1% |
| 2019 | 1.07 million t | -27.8% |
| 2020 | 1.17 million t | +8.9% |
| 2021 | 1.29 million t | +10.7% |
| 2022 | 1.54 million t | +19.4% |
| 2023 | 1.19 million t | -22.6% |
| 2024 | 1.03 million t | -14.0% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 1.03 million t is above the median for low income countries, which is 314,757 t, 3.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 1.03 million t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 179,140 t, 5.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +96.2% | 800,000 t | 1.57 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 610,889 t | 495,000 t | 800,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.58 million t | 1.22 million t | 2.00 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.60 million t | 1.20 million t | 1.86 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.97 million t | 1.55 million t | 2.35 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.44 million t | 1.79 million t | 2.65 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.77 million t | 1.07 million t | 2.05 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.24 million t | 1.03 million t | 1.54 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 625,963 t compare
- 8 India 1.31 million t compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 576,338 t compare
- 9 Madagascar 1.30 million t compare
- 10 Ethiopia 1.19 million t compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 138,700 t compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 22,666 t compare
- 12 Brazil 970,050 t compare
- 12 Polynesia 7,334 t compare
- 13 Burundi 944,229 t compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 4,825 t compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,635 t compare
- 14 Kenya 862,724 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Uganda?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Uganda was 1.03 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 2.65 million t in 2007.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 495,000 t in 1961.
- How does Uganda rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Uganda ranks 11th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.