Sweet potatoes — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 20,302 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Mexico, 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 Mexico is 20,302 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Mexico peaked at 23,728 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 6,113 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Mexico 25th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,113 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,996 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1963 | 7,010 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 6,849 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 8,182 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1966 | 8,970 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1967 | 9,097 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 8,691 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 9,370 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1970 | 9,593 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 10,788 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 11,446 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 10,414 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1974 | 10,311 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 10,741 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 11,340 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 10,182 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1978 | 10,200 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 13,504 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 1980 | 12,213 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1981 | 15,188 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1982 | 14,806 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 16,127 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1984 | 15,372 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 20,552 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 1986 | 14,240 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 1987 | 19,119 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 1988 | 17,943 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 14,226 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1990 | 16,754 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1991 | 17,485 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 20,293 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1993 | 18,568 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1994 | 19,836 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1995 | 17,458 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1996 | 18,589 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 20,960 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1998 | 18,750 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1999 | 19,310 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 18,816 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 19,985 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 18,424 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 23,728 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2004 | 21,860 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2005 | 21,493 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 21,294 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 20,460 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 21,503 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 19,045 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2010 | 20,665 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 20,146 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 17,517 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2013 | 18,396 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 17,722 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 19,140 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 19,720 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 20,421 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 20,244 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 19,124 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 19,591 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 19,790 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 20,094 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 21,133 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 20,302 kg/ha | -3.9% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 20,302 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,330 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 20,302 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9,065 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,920 kg/ha | 6,113 kg/ha | 9,370 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,852 kg/ha | 9,593 kg/ha | 13,504 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,979 kg/ha | 12,213 kg/ha | 20,552 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,800 kg/ha | 16,754 kg/ha | 20,960 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,661 kg/ha | 18,424 kg/ha | 23,728 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,310 kg/ha | 17,517 kg/ha | 20,665 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,182 kg/ha | 19,591 kg/ha | 21,133 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in Mexico?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Mexico was 20,302 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 23,728 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,113 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Mexico ranks 25th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.