Sweet potatoes — Yield in Europe
Europe: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 26,881 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Europe, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — yield in Europe is 26,881 kg/ha, measured in 2017. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.9% on the previous year and up 134.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Europe peaked at 26,881 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 9,379 kg/ha, in 1971.
Europe ranks 1st of 25 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,889 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,929 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 11,222 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 11,464 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 11,265 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1966 | 10,326 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1967 | 10,580 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 10,256 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 9,943 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 10,133 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 9,379 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1972 | 9,613 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 9,607 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 10,367 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1975 | 10,035 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 10,430 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1977 | 10,621 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 10,483 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 10,798 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 10,650 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 11,908 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1982 | 11,366 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 10,703 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1984 | 11,713 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1985 | 11,464 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 12,174 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 12,833 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 12,164 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 13,102 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 12,631 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1991 | 12,299 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 13,696 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1993 | 14,050 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 14,682 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 13,860 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 13,624 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 13,540 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 13,938 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 10,909 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2000 | 10,575 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 12,085 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2002 | 11,452 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 11,379 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 12,853 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2005 | 12,080 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 11,688 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 11,473 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 11,709 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 15,634 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2010 | 18,763 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2011 | 20,418 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 19,599 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 20,516 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 21,027 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 20,657 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 23,808 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2017 | 26,881 kg/ha | +12.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,764 kg/ha | 9,943 kg/ha | 11,464 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,147 kg/ha | 9,379 kg/ha | 10,798 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,807 kg/ha | 10,650 kg/ha | 13,102 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,323 kg/ha | 10,909 kg/ha | 14,682 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,093 kg/ha | 10,575 kg/ha | 15,634 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,459 kg/ha | 18,763 kg/ha | 26,881 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 Guyana 103,206 kg/ha compare
- 2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17,455 kg/ha compare
- 2 Senegal 46,084 kg/ha compare
- 3 Australia 41,794 kg/ha compare
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 13,671 kg/ha compare
- 4 Palestine 39,473 kg/ha compare
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12,987 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in Europe?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Europe was 26,881 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 26,881 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,379 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Europe rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Europe ranks 1st out of 25 groups with data for 2017.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 134.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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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About this data
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.