Based on a comparison of 93 countries in 2019, China ranked the highest in sweet potato production with 51,794 kt followed by Malawi and Nigeria. On the other end of the scale was Maldives with 0.002 kt, Bhutan with 0.048 kt and Belize with 0.086 kt.
Total sweet potato production reached 91,821 kt in 2019 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.217 % less than in the previous year and -9.02 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, total sweet potato production reached an all time high of 152,862 kt in 1973 and an all time low of 90,619 kt in 2016. The average annual growth amounted to -0.116 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 56.4 % of sweet potato production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 67.4 % share while the ten largest countries some 82.6 % in 2019.
Data for more countries are available at Sweet Potato Production indicator page.
| Sweet Potato Production | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Angola | kt | 1,200 | 1,929 | 1,933 | 1,943 | 1,696 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | kt | 840 | 664 | 581 | 726 | 520 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 56,893 | 55,783 | 54,201 | 51,388 | 51,450 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | kt | 2,024 | 2,832 | 1,635 | 2,208 | 1,799 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 1,132 | 1,088 | 1,228 | 1,454 | 1,460 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | kt | 2,387 | 2,383 | 2,298 | 2,169 | 1,914 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | kt | 730 | 764 | 1,232 | 697 | 769 | ||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | kt | 1,116 | 1,141 | 1,055 | 1,113 | 1,035 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | kt | 4,042 | 4,210 | 4,325 | 4,464 | 5,472 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | kt | 3,677 | 3,735 | 3,857 | 3,921 | 3,996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | kt | 1,081 | 941 | 931 | 919 | 1,079 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | kt | 3,470 | 3,501 | 3,454 | 3,994 | 5,441 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 1,124 | 1,342 | 1,407 | 1,431 | 1,617 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | kt | 1,811 | 1,818 | 2,045 | 1,911 | 1,930 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kt | 1,358 | 1,401 | 1,336 | 1,269 | 1,353 |
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