Sweet potatoes — Yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sweet potatoes — Yield was 10,360 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 10,360 kg/ha for sweet potatoes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 10,396 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3,788 kg/ha, in 1996.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,254 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,233 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 5,087 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 4,964 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 4,834 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1966 | 5,296 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1967 | 5,996 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1968 | 5,838 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 4,722 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1970 | 4,767 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 4,216 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1972 | 3,862 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1973 | 4,293 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 4,450 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 4,500 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 4,558 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 4,612 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 4,795 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 5,300 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1980 | 5,320 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 5,048 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1982 | 5,204 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 4,892 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1984 | 5,061 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 4,624 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1986 | 4,844 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 4,668 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 4,765 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 4,524 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1990 | 4,221 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 4,487 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 4,512 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 4,414 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 4,474 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 4,276 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 3,788 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1997 | 4,328 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1998 | 4,240 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 4,883 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2000 | 4,655 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 4,612 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 5,055 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2003 | 5,098 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 4,902 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 5,174 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 5,220 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 5,696 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 6,265 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 5,144 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2010 | 6,079 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2011 | 6,452 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 6,859 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 6,895 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 8,304 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2015 | 8,453 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 8,658 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 9,216 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 9,179 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 9,995 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 10,396 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 10,373 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 10,299 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 10,370 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 10,360 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,247 kg/ha | 4,722 kg/ha | 5,996 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,535 kg/ha | 3,862 kg/ha | 5,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,895 kg/ha | 4,524 kg/ha | 5,320 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,362 kg/ha | 3,788 kg/ha | 4,883 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,182 kg/ha | 4,612 kg/ha | 6,265 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,009 kg/ha | 6,079 kg/ha | 9,995 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,359 kg/ha | 10,299 kg/ha | 10,396 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 10,360 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 10,396 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,788 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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