Sweet potatoes — Yield in Guyana
Guyana: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 103,206 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Guyana, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — yield in Guyana stood at 103,206 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 74.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Guyana peaked at 103,206 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,635 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Guyana 1st out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Guyana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1998 | 2,038 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1999 | 2,208 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 2,375 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 1,635 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 2002 | 1,667 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 3,331 kg/ha | +99.9% |
| 2004 | 4,115 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2005 | 5,039 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2006 | 7,199 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 2007 | 8,522 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2008 | 9,769 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2009 | 24,852 kg/ha | +154.4% |
| 2010 | 20,139 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2011 | 18,822 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 17,314 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 15,599 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 59,198 kg/ha | +279.5% |
| 2015 | 80,309 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 2016 | 95,878 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2017 | 65,381 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 2018 | 71,971 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2019 | 83,998 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2020 | 82,338 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 86,488 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 102,820 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2023 | 99,152 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 103,206 kg/ha | +4.1% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 103,206 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 10,301 kg/ha, 10.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 103,206 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9,065 kg/ha, 11.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Yield in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +279.5% | 15,599 kg/ha | 59,198 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +154.4% | 9,769 kg/ha | 24,852 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,971 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 2,208 kg/ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 6,850 kg/ha | 1,635 kg/ha | 24,852 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,861 kg/ha | 15,599 kg/ha | 95,878 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 94,801 kg/ha | 82,338 kg/ha | 103,206 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in Guyana?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Guyana was 103,206 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 103,206 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,635 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Guyana rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Guyana ranks 1st out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guyana 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.