Which Country Produces the Most Sweet Potatoes?

Based on a comparison of 92 countries in 2018, China ranked the highest in sweet potato production with 53,009 kt followed by Malawi and Nigeria. On the other end of the scale was Maldives with 0.004 kt, Bhutan with 0.053 kt and Belize with 0.150 kt.

Total sweet potato production reached 91,945 kt in 2018 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.79 % more than in the previous year and -16.1 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, total sweet potato production reached an all time high of 152,865 kt in 1973 and an all time low of 89,986 kt in 2016. The average annual growth amounted to -0.115 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, China, accounted for 57.7 % of sweet potato production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 68.2 % share while the ten largest countries some 82.4 % in 2018.

Data for more countries are available at Sweet Potato Production indicator page.