Sweet potatoes — Yield in Cambodia
Cambodia: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 6,898 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Cambodia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 6,898 kg/ha for sweet potatoes — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Cambodia peaked at 13,643 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2,800 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Cambodia 75th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,643 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,397 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 1963 | 9,800 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 7,974 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1965 | 8,480 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1966 | 8,188 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 9,143 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1968 | 7,900 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1969 | 9,250 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1970 | 8,444 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1971 | 8,500 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 10,632 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1973 | 8,120 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1974 | 8,200 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 8,500 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 8,800 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 4,182 kg/ha | -52.5% |
| 1978 | 7,111 kg/ha | +70.0% |
| 1979 | 5,833 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1981 | 5,364 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1982 | 3,875 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1983 | 11,000 kg/ha | +183.9% |
| 1984 | 2,800 kg/ha | -74.5% |
| 1985 | 3,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 4,500 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1987 | 3,400 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1988 | 9,750 kg/ha | +186.8% |
| 1989 | 3,571 kg/ha | -63.4% |
| 1990 | 3,875 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 4,333 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1992 | 6,000 kg/ha | +38.5% |
| 1993 | 5,889 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 3,600 kg/ha | -38.9% |
| 1995 | 4,164 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1996 | 3,803 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1997 | 3,163 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1998 | 3,383 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 3,488 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 3,790 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 3,721 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 4,087 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2003 | 4,111 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 4,927 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2005 | 4,616 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 4,844 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 3,918 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2008 | 4,805 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2009 | 8,498 kg/ha | +76.9% |
| 2010 | 6,935 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 2011 | 6,404 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 4,675 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 2013 | 6,824 kg/ha | +46.0% |
| 2014 | 9,203 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2015 | 7,965 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2016 | 7,206 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 7,158 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 7,163 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 7,556 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 7,320 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 8,005 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2022 | 6,583 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2023 | 6,911 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 6,898 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 6,898 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,839 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 6,898 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9,403 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Yield in Cambodia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +186.8% | 3,400 kg/ha | 9,750 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +183.9% | 3,875 kg/ha | 11,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,308 kg/ha | 7,900 kg/ha | 13,643 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,832 kg/ha | 4,182 kg/ha | 10,632 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,226 kg/ha | 2,800 kg/ha | 11,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,170 kg/ha | 3,163 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,732 kg/ha | 3,721 kg/ha | 8,498 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,109 kg/ha | 4,675 kg/ha | 9,203 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,143 kg/ha | 6,583 kg/ha | 8,005 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cambodia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1611 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 462.77 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7882 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5889 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in Cambodia?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Cambodia was 6,898 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 13,643 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,800 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Cambodia rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Cambodia ranks 75th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cambodia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Yield. 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.