Sweet potatoes — Yield in United Republic of Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 6,437 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Yield in United Republic of Tanzania, 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 United Republic of Tanzania is 6,437 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 7,415 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,045 kg/ha, in 1985.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,936 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,562 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1963 | 7,276 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1964 | 6,734 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1965 | 5,728 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1966 | 6,583 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1967 | 6,868 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 6,653 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 6,729 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 6,114 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1971 | 3,814 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 1972 | 2,788 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 1973 | 2,923 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 2,743 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 2,867 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 2,932 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 2,928 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 3,662 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1979 | 3,121 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1980 | 2,910 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1981 | 3,077 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 2,532 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1983 | 1,792 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1984 | 2,076 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1985 | 1,045 kg/ha | -49.7% |
| 1986 | 1,250 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1987 | 1,294 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 1,254 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 1,699 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1990 | 1,305 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1991 | 1,253 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 1,300 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 1,201 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1994 | 1,284 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 1,531 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1996 | 1,441 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 1,836 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1998 | 1,715 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 2,004 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2000 | 1,909 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 1,857 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 3,462 kg/ha | +86.4% |
| 2003 | 1,534 kg/ha | -55.7% |
| 2004 | 2,902 kg/ha | +89.1% |
| 2005 | 3,016 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 2,765 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2007 | 3,555 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 2008 | 6,743 kg/ha | +89.7% |
| 2009 | 2,174 kg/ha | -67.8% |
| 2010 | 4,207 kg/ha | +93.5% |
| 2011 | 5,112 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2012 | 4,635 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2013 | 4,401 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 4,756 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 4,627 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 5,819 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2017 | 7,415 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 2018 | 7,057 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 7,269 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 7,264 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 7,341 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 7,393 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 6,437 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2024 | 6,437 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,674 kg/ha | 5,728 kg/ha | 7,276 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,389 kg/ha | 2,743 kg/ha | 6,114 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,893 kg/ha | 1,045 kg/ha | 3,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,487 kg/ha | 1,201 kg/ha | 2,004 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,992 kg/ha | 1,534 kg/ha | 6,743 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,530 kg/ha | 4,207 kg/ha | 7,415 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,975 kg/ha | 6,437 kg/ha | 7,393 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Republic of Tanzania
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 30,206 kg/ha compare
- 7 Botswana 29,658 kg/ha compare
- 7 Polynesia 10,197 kg/ha compare
- 8 Spain 29,045 kg/ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia 28,431 kg/ha compare
- 10 Barbados 27,604 kg/ha compare
- 10 Cabo Verde 13,957 kg/ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 5,636 kg/ha compare
- 11 Cook Islands 27,481 kg/ha compare
- 12 Malawi 25,355 kg/ha compare
- 12 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5,461 kg/ha compare
- 12 Micronesia 5,461 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — yield in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in United Republic of Tanzania was 6,437 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 7,415 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,045 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- United Republic of Tanzania ranks 9th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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.