Sweet potatoes — Yield in Mali
Mali: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 16,149 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mali recorded 16,149 kg/ha for sweet potatoes — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Mali peaked at 20,234 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4,182 kg/ha, in 1998.
Mali ranks 30th 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 Mali, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,100 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 6,200 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 6,300 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 6,400 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 6,471 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 6,538 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 6,566 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 6,538 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 6,500 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 6,444 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 6,342 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 6,216 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 6,176 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 6,154 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 6,087 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 6,000 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 5,790 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1980 | 5,626 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 5,728 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 5,674 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 5,777 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 5,727 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 5,830 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 5,784 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 5,885 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 5,071 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1989 | 5,113 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 4,832 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 4,674 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 4,787 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 5,103 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 5,249 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 5,524 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 5,894 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 5,333 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1998 | 4,182 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1999 | 10,615 kg/ha | +153.8% |
| 2000 | 9,921 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 12,409 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 2002 | 15,804 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 2003 | 14,756 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 16,523 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2005 | 15,966 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 18,652 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2007 | 19,060 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 20,234 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 19,123 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 18,805 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 18,216 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 17,686 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 17,445 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 16,161 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 14,429 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2016 | 16,956 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2017 | 17,249 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 15,674 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 15,776 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 14,658 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 15,487 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 14,895 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 15,713 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 16,149 kg/ha | +2.8% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 16,149 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,630 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Mali's 16,149 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Yield in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +153.8% | 4,182 kg/ha | 10,615 kg/ha |
| 2002 | +27.4% | 12,409 kg/ha | 15,804 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +25.1% | 9,921 kg/ha | 12,409 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,286 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 6,566 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,225 kg/ha | 5,790 kg/ha | 6,538 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,621 kg/ha | 5,071 kg/ha | 5,885 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,619 kg/ha | 4,182 kg/ha | 10,615 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,245 kg/ha | 9,921 kg/ha | 20,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,840 kg/ha | 14,429 kg/ha | 18,805 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,380 kg/ha | 14,658 kg/ha | 16,149 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in Mali?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Mali was 16,149 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 20,234 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,182 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Mali rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Mali ranks 30th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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.