Sweet potatoes — Yield in Liberia
Liberia: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 11,256 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — yield in Liberia stood at 11,256 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Liberia peaked at 11,342 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9,231 kg/ha, in 1972.
Liberia ranks 46th of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Liberia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 9,231 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 9,231 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,133 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 10,200 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 10,267 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 10,333 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 10,323 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 10,625 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 10,625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,606 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 10,588 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 10,588 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,588 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10,588 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 10,000 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 9,955 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 9,970 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 9,986 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 9,993 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 10,001 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 10,008 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 10,000 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 10,022 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 10,029 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 10,036 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 10,000 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 10,060 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 10,081 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 10,000 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 10,134 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 10,000 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 10,364 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 10,537 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 10,699 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 11,220 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 10,791 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 10,918 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 11,044 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 11,117 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 11,161 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 11,228 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 11,284 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 11,337 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 11,227 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 11,342 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 11,326 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 11,256 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 11,256 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,630 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 11,256 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,879 kg/ha | 9,231 kg/ha | 10,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,513 kg/ha | 10,267 kg/ha | 10,625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,991 kg/ha | 9,955 kg/ha | 10,008 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,073 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,000 kg/ha | 10,537 kg/ha | 11,284 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,298 kg/ha | 11,227 kg/ha | 11,342 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 43 Burundi 11,793 kg/ha compare
- 44 India 11,675 kg/ha compare
- 45 Burkina Faso 11,412 kg/ha compare
- 47 Sri Lanka 11,124 kg/ha compare
- 48 Guadeloupe 10,811 kg/ha compare
- 49 Bangladesh 10,806 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in Liberia?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Liberia was 11,256 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 11,342 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,231 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Liberia rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Liberia ranks 46th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.