Sweet potatoes — Yield in Fiji
Fiji: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 9,000 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Fiji, 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 Fiji is 9,000 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 12.5% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Fiji peaked at 13,709 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1,274 kg/ha, in 2008.
Fiji ranks 60th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Fiji, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,459 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 2,459 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,462 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 2,468 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 2,462 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 2,462 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,462 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,424 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 3,333 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 1971 | 2,500 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1972 | 3,571 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 1973 | 3,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,571 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,477 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 2,549 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1977 | 3,086 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1978 | 2,857 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1979 | 2,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,667 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1984 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,000 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1986 | 2,500 kg/ha | -58.3% |
| 1987 | 12,871 kg/ha | +414.8% |
| 1988 | 7,599 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 1989 | 7,373 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 6,965 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 10,723 kg/ha | +53.9% |
| 1992 | 9,133 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1993 | 9,217 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 4,544 kg/ha | -50.7% |
| 1995 | 6,627 kg/ha | +45.8% |
| 1996 | 5,889 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 3,221 kg/ha | -45.3% |
| 1998 | 10,138 kg/ha | +214.8% |
| 1999 | 10,952 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 8,825 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2001 | 7,733 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2002 | 9,501 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2003 | 9,115 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 4,331 kg/ha | -52.5% |
| 2005 | 5,456 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2006 | 6,332 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2007 | 1,506 kg/ha | -76.2% |
| 2008 | 1,274 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2009 | 13,709 kg/ha | +976.2% |
| 2010 | 10,352 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 2011 | 10,119 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 9,481 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 9,914 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 10,083 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 9,933 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 10,758 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 9,504 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2018 | 9,598 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 10,048 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 8,200 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 2021 | 8,000 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 9,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 9,000 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,330 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 9,000 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9,403 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Yield in Fiji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +976.2% | 1,274 kg/ha | 13,709 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +414.8% | 2,500 kg/ha | 12,871 kg/ha |
| 1998 | +214.8% | 3,221 kg/ha | 10,138 kg/ha |
| 1985 | +100.0% | 3,000 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha |
| 2007 | -76.2% | 6,332 kg/ha | 1,506 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,462 kg/ha | 2,424 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,137 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 3,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,034 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 12,871 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,741 kg/ha | 3,221 kg/ha | 10,952 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,778 kg/ha | 1,274 kg/ha | 13,709 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,979 kg/ha | 9,481 kg/ha | 10,758 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,240 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
- 57 Puerto Rico 9,332 kg/ha compare
- 58 Paraguay 9,199 kg/ha compare
- 59 Benin 9,126 kg/ha compare
- 61 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8,931 kg/ha compare
- 62 Myanmar 8,874 kg/ha compare
- 63 Madagascar 8,630 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in Fiji?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Fiji was 9,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 13,709 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,274 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Fiji rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Fiji ranks 60th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Fiji 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.