Sweet potatoes — Yield in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 5,347 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Equatorial Guinea, 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 Equatorial Guinea is 5,347 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 5,589 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,571 kg/ha, in 1996.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 85th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,167 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,857 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1970 | 3,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,500 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1972 | 3,529 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 3,833 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1974 | 3,633 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1975 | 3,500 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 3,582 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 3,636 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 3,582 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 3,960 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1980 | 4,120 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 4,320 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 3,833 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1983 | 4,167 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 3,643 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1985 | 3,929 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1986 | 3,562 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1987 | 3,625 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 3,688 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 3,688 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,707 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 2,692 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 1992 | 2,622 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 2,643 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 2,695 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 2,571 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 2,835 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1998 | 2,948 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 3,068 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 3,193 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 3,325 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 3,462 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 3,606 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 3,758 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 3,918 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 4,085 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 4,258 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 4,436 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 4,621 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 4,811 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 5,056 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 5,278 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 5,111 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 5,196 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 5,589 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 5,064 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 5,278 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 5,408 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 5,510 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 5,586 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 5,430 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 5,400 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 5,380 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 5,347 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 5,347 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,330 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 5,347 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Yield in Equatorial Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -27.4% | 3,707 kg/ha | 2,692 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,132 kg/ha | 3,857 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,661 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 3,960 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,857 kg/ha | 3,562 kg/ha | 4,320 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,845 kg/ha | 2,571 kg/ha | 3,707 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,866 kg/ha | 3,193 kg/ha | 4,621 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,230 kg/ha | 4,811 kg/ha | 5,589 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,428 kg/ha | 5,347 kg/ha | 5,586 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 82 Dominica 6,042 kg/ha compare
- 83 Chad 5,971 kg/ha compare
- 84 El Salvador 5,782 kg/ha compare
- 86 Papua New Guinea 5,127 kg/ha compare
- 87 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5,105 kg/ha compare
- 88 Mozambique 5,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Equatorial Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0321 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 212.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 30.0% (1983)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (1983)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in Equatorial Guinea?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Equatorial Guinea was 5,347 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 5,589 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,571 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 85th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.