Sweet potatoes — Yield in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 14,032 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 14,032 kg/ha for sweet potatoes — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Solomon Islands peaked at 15,000 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 10,432 kg/ha, in 1961.
Solomon Islands ranks 36th 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 Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,432 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,703 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 11,153 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 11,200 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 11,482 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 11,387 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 11,488 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 11,499 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 11,510 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 11,522 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 11,532 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 11,528 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 11,538 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 11,595 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 11,723 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 11,850 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 11,899 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 11,995 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 12,091 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 12,312 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 12,500 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 12,750 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 13,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 13,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 13,250 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 13,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 13,500 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 13,750 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 14,000 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 14,250 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 14,500 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 14,634 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 14,762 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 14,773 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 14,783 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 14,894 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 14,600 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 14,231 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2000 | 14,340 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 14,546 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 14,386 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 14,333 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 14,262 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 14,194 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 14,333 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 13,846 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 14,242 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 14,328 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 14,328 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 14,201 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 13,971 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 14,286 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 14,195 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 14,160 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 14,115 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 14,083 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 14,059 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 14,034 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 14,020 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 14,038 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 14,030 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 14,029 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 14,032 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 14,032 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,839 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 14,032 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9,403 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,206 kg/ha | 10,432 kg/ha | 11,510 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,727 kg/ha | 11,522 kg/ha | 12,091 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,131 kg/ha | 12,312 kg/ha | 14,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,643 kg/ha | 14,231 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,281 kg/ha | 13,846 kg/ha | 14,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,143 kg/ha | 13,971 kg/ha | 14,328 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,030 kg/ha | 14,020 kg/ha | 14,038 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2973 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 574.77 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6869 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in Solomon Islands?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Solomon Islands was 14,032 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,432 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Solomon Islands ranks 36th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.