Sweet potatoes — Yield in Morocco
Morocco: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 22,841 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Morocco, 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 Morocco is 22,841 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Morocco peaked at 27,078 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 8,640 kg/ha, in 2020.
That places Morocco 18th 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,286 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 15,385 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 15,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 15,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 15,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 15,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 15,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 15,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 15,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 15,000 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 15,152 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 15,385 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 15,429 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 15,724 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 15,542 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 15,600 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 15,500 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 15,000 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 15,466 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 15,691 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 16,364 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 18,188 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1998 | 18,471 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 13,376 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 2000 | 16,628 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2001 | 12,306 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 2002 | 13,670 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 15,039 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 15,733 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 12,948 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2006 | 17,912 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 2007 | 17,835 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 17,432 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 17,096 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 16,660 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 21,312 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 2012 | 27,078 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2013 | 24,513 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 19,524 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2015 | 19,846 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 18,429 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 18,953 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 21,649 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2019 | 20,494 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 8,640 kg/ha | -57.8% |
| 2021 | 15,433 kg/ha | +78.6% |
| 2022 | 20,911 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 2023 | 22,454 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 22,841 kg/ha | +1.7% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 22,841 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,839 kg/ha, 3.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 22,841 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 13,979 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Yield in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +78.6% | 8,640 kg/ha | 15,433 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -57.8% | 20,494 kg/ha | 8,640 kg/ha |
| 2006 | +38.3% | 12,948 kg/ha | 17,912 kg/ha |
| 2022 | +35.5% | 15,433 kg/ha | 20,911 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +27.9% | 16,660 kg/ha | 21,312 kg/ha |
| 1999 | -27.6% | 18,471 kg/ha | 13,376 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,286 kg/ha | 14,286 kg/ha | 14,286 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,275 kg/ha | 14,286 kg/ha | 15,385 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,207 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 15,724 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,920 kg/ha | 13,376 kg/ha | 18,471 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,660 kg/ha | 12,306 kg/ha | 17,912 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,846 kg/ha | 16,660 kg/ha | 27,078 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,056 kg/ha | 8,640 kg/ha | 22,841 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,244 kg/ha compare
- 15 Greece 23,922 kg/ha compare
- 16 Saint Lucia 23,707 kg/ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 2,504 kg/ha compare
- 17 Réunion 23,030 kg/ha compare
- 19 Japan 22,547 kg/ha compare
- 20 China 22,214 kg/ha compare
- 21 China, mainland 22,207 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in Morocco?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Morocco was 22,841 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 27,078 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,640 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Morocco rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Morocco ranks 18th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.