Sweet potatoes — Yield in Comoros
Comoros: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 4,756 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Comoros, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — yield in Comoros is 4,756 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Comoros peaked at 11,000 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 2,100 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Comoros 91st out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Comoros, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,778 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,778 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 8,889 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 11,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1968 | 11,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1970 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,435 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 10,083 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1973 | 9,760 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 9,692 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 9,630 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 9,571 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 8,750 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1978 | 8,235 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1979 | 8,333 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 7,895 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1982 | 7,500 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1983 | 7,143 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 7,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,029 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 6,818 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 6,476 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 6,391 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 2,100 kg/ha | -67.1% |
| 1991 | 2,148 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 2,168 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 2,200 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 2,198 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 2,209 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 2,223 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 2,229 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 2,240 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 2,251 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 2,278 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 2,314 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 2,312 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,395 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 2,470 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 2,557 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 2,808 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 2,954 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 3,106 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 3,259 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 3,410 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 3,555 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 3,733 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 3,833 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 3,921 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 3,938 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 4,050 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 4,151 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 4,226 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 4,289 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 4,346 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 4,492 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 4,580 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 4,668 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 4,756 kg/ha | +1.9% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 4,756 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,839 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 4,756 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 64% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Yield in Comoros 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -67.1% | 6,391 kg/ha | 2,100 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,605 kg/ha | 7,778 kg/ha | 11,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,449 kg/ha | 8,235 kg/ha | 10,435 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,187 kg/ha | 6,391 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,196 kg/ha | 2,100 kg/ha | 2,251 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,645 kg/ha | 2,278 kg/ha | 3,259 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,911 kg/ha | 3,410 kg/ha | 4,289 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,568 kg/ha | 4,346 kg/ha | 4,756 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 88 Mozambique 5,000 kg/ha compare
- 89 Guinea-Bissau 4,918 kg/ha compare
- 90 Antigua and Barbuda 4,829 kg/ha compare
- 92 Uganda 4,630 kg/ha compare
- 93 Guinea 4,358 kg/ha compare
- 94 Pakistan 3,934 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 751.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6606 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in Comoros?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Comoros was 4,756 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 11,000 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,100 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Comoros rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Comoros ranks 91st out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Comoros 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.