Sweet potatoes — Production in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Sweet potatoes — Production was 972,890 t in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sweet potatoes — Production in Viet Nam, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Viet Nam stood at 972,890 t.
The figure is up 6.4% on the previous year and down 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Viet Nam peaked at 2.63 million t in 1981 and was at its lowest, 914,713 t, in 2023.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.23 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.13 million t | -7.6% |
| 1963 | 1.10 million t | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 1.12 million t | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 1.10 million t | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 1.08 million t | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 1.08 million t | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 1.06 million t | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 1.13 million t | +5.7% |
| 1970 | 1.12 million t | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 1.12 million t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1.10 million t | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 1.18 million t | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 1.20 million t | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 919,500 t | -23.4% |
| 1976 | 1.48 million t | +61.5% |
| 1977 | 1.52 million t | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 1.88 million t | +23.5% |
| 1979 | 2.17 million t | +15.3% |
| 1980 | 2.42 million t | +11.3% |
| 1981 | 2.63 million t | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 2.38 million t | -9.5% |
| 1983 | 1.84 million t | -22.6% |
| 1984 | 1.64 million t | -10.9% |
| 1985 | 1.78 million t | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 1.96 million t | +10.2% |
| 1987 | 2.20 million t | +12.4% |
| 1988 | 1.90 million t | -13.6% |
| 1989 | 1.91 million t | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 1.93 million t | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 2.14 million t | +10.8% |
| 1992 | 2.59 million t | +21.3% |
| 1993 | 2.40 million t | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 1.91 million t | -20.8% |
| 1995 | 1.69 million t | -11.5% |
| 1996 | 1.70 million t | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 1.69 million t | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 1.62 million t | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 1.74 million t | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 1.61 million t | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 1.65 million t | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 1.70 million t | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 1.58 million t | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 1.51 million t | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 1.44 million t | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 1.46 million t | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 1.44 million t | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 1.33 million t | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 1.21 million t | -8.6% |
| 2010 | 1.32 million t | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 1.36 million t | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 1.43 million t | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 1.36 million t | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 1.40 million t | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 1.34 million t | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 1.27 million t | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 1.35 million t | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 1.37 million t | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.43 million t | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 1.38 million t | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 1.23 million t | -10.6% |
| 2022 | 976,122 t | -20.7% |
| 2023 | 914,713 t | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 972,890 t | +6.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production in Viet Nam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +61.5% | 919,500 t | 1.48 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.11 million t | 1.06 million t | 1.23 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.37 million t | 919,500 t | 2.17 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.07 million t | 1.64 million t | 2.63 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.94 million t | 1.62 million t | 2.59 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.49 million t | 1.21 million t | 1.70 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.36 million t | 1.27 million t | 1.43 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 million t | 914,713 t | 1.38 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Viet Nam
- 3 Malawi 7.98 million t compare
- 4 Nigeria 4.09 million t compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 2.23 million t compare
- 5 Angola 2.12 million t compare
- 6 Indonesia 1.48 million t compare
- 7 Rwanda 1.40 million t compare
- 7 Melanesia 866,742 t compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Viet Nam
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.4916 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.6306 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.1419 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.9155 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -0.267 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8196 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 4.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in Viet Nam?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Viet Nam was 972,890 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 2.63 million t in 1981.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 914,713 t in 2023.
- How does Viet Nam rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Viet Nam ranks 6th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Viet Nam 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.