Sweet potatoes — Production in United Republic of Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania: Sweet potatoes — Production was 2.23 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in United Republic of Tanzania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
United Republic of Tanzania recorded 2.23 million t for sweet potatoes — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.9% on the previous year and down 36.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 5.44 million t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 195,280 t, in 1964.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 215,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 210,000 t | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 211,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 195,280 t | -7.5% |
| 1965 | 200,498 t | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 236,981 t | +18.2% |
| 1967 | 254,102 t | +7.2% |
| 1968 | 252,814 t | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 228,800 t | -9.5% |
| 1970 | 244,559 t | +6.9% |
| 1971 | 228,824 t | -6.4% |
| 1972 | 223,071 t | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 379,944 t | +70.3% |
| 1974 | 383,999 t | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 458,785 t | +19.5% |
| 1976 | 513,156 t | +11.9% |
| 1977 | 527,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 695,882 t | +32.0% |
| 1979 | 593,040 t | -14.8% |
| 1980 | 550,000 t | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 400,000 t | -27.3% |
| 1982 | 303,720 t | -24.1% |
| 1983 | 209,360 t | -31.1% |
| 1984 | 209,540 t | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 303,000 t | +44.6% |
| 1986 | 290,000 t | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 352,200 t | +21.4% |
| 1988 | 246,000 t | -30.2% |
| 1989 | 337,310 t | +37.1% |
| 1990 | 400,000 t | +18.6% |
| 1991 | 290,800 t | -27.3% |
| 1992 | 256,990 t | -11.6% |
| 1993 | 258,800 t | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 283,500 t | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 448,800 t | +58.3% |
| 1996 | 418,100 t | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 477,700 t | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 637,800 t | +33.5% |
| 1999 | 565,220 t | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 777,300 t | +37.5% |
| 2001 | 950,100 t | +22.2% |
| 2002 | 1.47 million t | +54.3% |
| 2003 | 207,830 t | -85.8% |
| 2004 | 1.50 million t | +622.5% |
| 2005 | 1.41 million t | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 1.40 million t | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 1.32 million t | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 1.38 million t | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 1.42 million t | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 2.42 million t | +71.0% |
| 2011 | 3.57 million t | +47.4% |
| 2012 | 3.02 million t | -15.5% |
| 2013 | 3.47 million t | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 3.50 million t | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 3.45 million t | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 3.98 million t | +15.3% |
| 2017 | 5.44 million t | +36.5% |
| 2018 | 3.74 million t | -31.2% |
| 2019 | 3.92 million t | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 3.40 million t | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 2.91 million t | -14.3% |
| 2022 | 1.85 million t | -36.7% |
| 2023 | 1.80 million t | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 2.23 million t | +23.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 222,719 t | 195,280 t | 254,102 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 424,826 t | 223,071 t | 695,882 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 320,113 t | 209,360 t | 550,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 403,771 t | 256,990 t | 637,800 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.18 million t | 207,830 t | 1.50 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.65 million t | 2.42 million t | 5.44 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.44 million t | 1.80 million t | 3.40 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Sweet potatoes — production in United Republic of Tanzania was 2.23 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 5.44 million t in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 195,280 t in 1964.
- How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- United Republic of Tanzania ranks 4th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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.