Sweet potatoes Production by Country 2025

Sweet potatoes provide food security across 116 countries with China producing 51.4 million tonnes in 2023, projected to reach 51.3 million tonnes by 2025. Global production totaled 93.5 million tonnes in 2023, up 1.4% from 2022. Malawi contributes 8.0 million tonnes, Tanzania 4.5 million tonnes, and Nigeria 4.1 million tonnes. This versatile root crop, originating in Central/South America 5,000+ years ago, ranks seventh among food crops globally, providing vitamin A (orange varieties), fiber, and complex carbohydrates. Sweet potatoes thrive in poor soils and drought conditions where regular potatoes fail, making them crucial for food security in developing countries, while Western markets embrace them as healthy alternative to white potatoes.

🏆 China's Dominance

China produces 51.4 million tonnes in 2023, accounting for 55% of global output, concentrated in Sichuan, Henan, Shandong, and Guangdong provinces. Chinese sweet potatoes serve food, animal feed, and industrial starch production. Per capita consumption declining as incomes rise and diets diversify, though processing into starch, noodles, and snacks maintains demand. Orange-fleshed varieties gaining popularity for nutrition. Malawi produces 8.0 million tonnes with impressive growth from 5.7 million in 2018, making sweet potatoes staple crop providing food security. Orange-fleshed varieties combat vitamin A deficiency. Tanzania contributes 4.5 million tonnes, Nigeria 4.1 million tonnes, and Angola 2.0 million tonnes. African production emphasizes food security—sweet potatoes provide calories when other crops fail.

Sweet potatoes Production by Country 2025

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#	Country	2025 (est.) (Tonne)
1	China CN	51,341,934
2	Malawi MW	7,759,723
3	Tanzania TZ	4,336,748
4	Nigeria NG	4,090,018
5	Angola AO	1,918,534
6	Indonesia ID	1,691,889
7	Uganda UG	1,545,641
8	Rwanda RW	1,333,762
9	Madagascar MG	1,306,318
10	India IN	1,223,900
11	United States US	1,219,007
12	Ethiopia ET	1,126,461
13	Burundi BI	1,044,969
14	Vietnam VN	996,487
15	Brazil BR	887,072
16	Papua New Guinea PG	722,095
17	Japan JP	705,490
18	Kenya KE	669,348
19	DR Congo CD	596,392
20	Cameroon CM	584,686
21	North Korea KP	566,393
22	Philippines PH	538,247
23	Mali ML	528,532
24	Mozambique MZ	482,049
25	Egypt EG	405,535
26	Guinea GN	373,379
27	South Korea KR	333,547
28	Bangladesh BD	298,932
29	Peru PE	296,680
30	Cuba CU	283,640
31	Zimbabwe ZW	270,818
32	Sudan SD	270,759
33	Sierra Leone SL	261,497
34	Taiwan TW	224,143
35	Niger NE	220,961
36	Chad TD	213,740
37	Zambia ZM	199,762
38	Ghana GH	142,730
39	Laos LA	121,986
40	Argentina AR	117,416
41	Burkina Faso BF	112,606
42	Senegal SN	112,361
43	Solomon Islands SB	109,428
44	Equatorial Guinea GQ	101,519
45	Australia AU	89,826
46	Uruguay UY	82,731
47	South Africa ZA	80,652
48	Mexico MX	73,030
49	Dominican Republic DO	67,836
50	Benin BJ	66,494
51	Myanmar MM	61,704
52	Ivory Coast CI	58,870
53	Haiti HT	55,811
54	Jamaica JM	54,039
55	Sri Lanka LK	48,974
56	Guinea-Bissau GW	41,263
57	Cambodia KH	39,268
58	Malaysia MY	36,892
59	Paraguay PY	32,795
60	Israel IL	30,495
61	Honduras HN	26,319
62	Liberia LR	24,682
63	Guyana GY	20,817
64	Venezuela VE	19,836
65	Pakistan PK	19,809
66	Chile CL	15,386
67	Morocco MA	11,641
68	New Zealand NZ	11,526
69	Fiji FJ	11,421
70	Eswatini SZ	11,335
71	Comoros KM	10,768
72	Congo CG	9,551
73	Vanuatu VU	9,465
74	Somalia SO	8,969
75	Togo TG	8,878
76	Tonga TO	6,560
77	Mauritania MR	5,274
78	Bolivia BO	4,955
79	Timor-Leste TL	4,838
80	Guatemala GT	4,561
81	Ecuador EC	4,226
82	Gabon GA	3,876
83	Micronesia FM	3,118
84	Palestine PS	2,867
85	Cape Verde CV	2,680
86	Barbados BB	2,438
87	Dominica DM	2,376
88	Mauritius MU	2,020
89	Bahamas BS	1,772
90	Costa Rica CR	1,420
91	Botswana BW	1,141
92	Trinidad and Tobago TT	1,128
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	1,011
94	El Salvador SV	765
95	Grenada GD	632
96	Saint Lucia LC	564
97	New Caledonia NC	563
98	Suriname SR	502
99	Puerto Rico PR	367
100	Yemen YE	318
101	Cook Islands CK	299
102	Brunei BN	288
103	Panama PA	277
104	Niue NU	251
105	Belize BZ	224
106	Antigua and Barbuda AG	218
107	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	161
108	French Polynesia PF	121
109	Hong Kong HK	61
110	Bhutan BT	36
111	Kuwait KW	33
112	Maldives MV	2
113	Singapore SG	0.23

🌍 Global Production

Uganda produces 1.6 million tonnes, Rwanda 1.3 million tonnes, Ethiopia 1.3 million tonnes, and Madagascar 1.3 million tonnes. India contributes 1.3 million tonnes, USA 1.1 million tonnes (primarily North Carolina), and Brazil 926,000 tonnes. Vietnam produces 915,000 tonnes, Papua New Guinea 721,000 tonnes, and Japan 716,000 tonnes. These producers balance food security, animal feed, and commercial markets. Orange-fleshed varieties expand in Africa combating malnutrition. Purple varieties popular in Asia for anthocyanins. White/cream varieties dominate some regions.

🍠 Nutritional Powerhouse

Orange sweet potatoes provide exceptional vitamin A (beta-carotene)—one medium potato delivers 400%+ daily needs, combating blindness in developing countries. They offer fiber, potassium, vitamin C, and manganese at 86 calories per 100g. Lower glycemic index than white potatoes provides sustained energy. Purple varieties contain anthocyanins with antioxidant benefits. However, sweet potatoes aren't related to regular potatoes—different plant families entirely! Culinary uses span baking, roasting, frying, mashing, and processing into fries, chips, flour, and noodles. Not the same as yams despite American mislabeling!

🌱 Resilient Cultivation

Sweet potatoes thrive in warm climates (24-26°C) with 750-1,000mm rainfall during 90-150 day growing season. Drought-tolerant vines grow in poor, sandy soils unsuitable for other crops. Propagation uses vine cuttings rather than seeds. Major pests include sweet potato weevil and viruses. Diseases include fusarium wilt and root rots. Storage roots develop underground, harvested when vines yellow. Post-harvest curing (30°C, 85% humidity for 5-7 days) heals wounds and extends storage to 6-12 months. Climate change favors sweet potatoes over less resilient crops.

📊 Markets and Uses

Sweet potato prices fluctuate $200-600/tonne depending on quality and market. Orange varieties command premiums in health-conscious markets. Processing into starch, flour, noodles, and snacks creates value. Animal feed uses 30-40% of Chinese production. Bioethanol production emerging. International trade minimal—only 2-3% crosses borders due to perishability. USA exports to Canada/Europe. Organic sweet potatoes fetch 30-50% premiums. Retail trends favor convenience—pre-cut, spiralized, and frozen products. Purple and specialty varieties command premium prices in gourmet markets.

🔮 Climate-Smart Future

Global sweet potato production projected to grow 2-3% annually through 2030, driven by African population growth and Western health trends. Orange-fleshed varieties expand combating vitamin A deficiency affecting 250+ million children. Climate change favors drought-tolerant sweet potatoes over less resilient crops. Breeding programs develop disease-resistant, high-yielding, and nutritionally-enhanced varieties. Processing innovations create value-added products. However, sweet potatoes face competition from other staples and changing dietary preferences in Asia. The crop's nutritional benefits, climate resilience, and versatility ensure continued importance for food security and health, though production must intensify sustainably while adapting to evolving markets in this ancient crop's modern renaissance.

Sweet potatoes Production by Country 2025

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#	Country	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2025 (est.)
1	China	53,009,345	50,162,503	51,540,449	51,570,766	51,091,239	51,400,818	51,341,934
2	Malawi	5,668,543	6,369,543	6,918,420	7,448,247	7,491,115	8,045,478	7,759,723
3	Tanzania	3,744,093	3,921,590	4,000,000	4,000,000	4,264,295	4,514,919	4,336,748
4	Nigeria	4,062,466	4,143,207	4,064,354	4,090,009	4,099,190	4,084,518	4,090,018
5	Angola	1,688,122	1,680,146	1,749,832	1,788,342	1,873,002	1,997,930	1,918,534
6	Indonesia	1,806,389	1,516,000	1,604,000	1,545,721	2,010,514	1,559,181	1,691,889
7	Uganda	1,484,163	1,072,000	1,167,000	1,292,000	1,543,000	1,648,681	1,545,641
8	Rwanda	1,186,731	1,247,584	1,275,614	1,328,750	1,372,745	1,312,378	1,333,762
9	Madagascar	1,088,922	1,113,142	1,210,439	1,330,131	1,298,901	1,301,244	1,306,318
10	India	1,500,000	1,156,000	1,141,000	1,121,000	1,184,000	1,289,000	1,223,900
11	United States	1,241,850	1,450,249	1,366,583	1,362,932	1,258,266	1,137,882	1,219,007
12	Ethiopia	1,512,112	1,755,855	1,598,838	913,785	987,245	1,295,060	1,126,461
13	Burundi	583,019	1,023,458	1,027,026	1,113,601	1,084,538	993,774	1,044,969
14	Vietnam	1,374,664	1,431,971	1,378,014	1,231,469	976,122	914,713	996,487
15	Brazil	741,000	803,626	849,397	848,281	848,688	925,618	887,072
16	Papua New Guinea	718,196	729,684	718,421	722,101	723,402	721,308	722,095
17	Japan	796,500	748,700	687,600	671,900	710,700	715,800	705,490
18	Kenya	871,010	976,691	685,687	777,141	597,900	669,100	669,348
19	DR Congo	513,796	542,686	558,367	574,520	591,159	608,280	596,392
20	Cameroon	483,090	525,140	517,281	535,966	579,441	607,322	584,686
21	North Korea	625,000	566,379	544,626	558,171	562,636	571,936	566,393
22	Philippines	525,634	525,862	546,891	545,519	558,321	523,293	538,247
23	Mali	504,557	312,477	573,184	519,788	452,193	577,832	528,532
24	Mozambique	487,246	504,815	448,633	495,377	510,238	459,805	482,049
25	Egypt	496,753	447,000	531,285	491,182	318,624	423,423	405,535
26	Guinea	265,268	289,628	322,066	351,696	384,053	375,648	373,379
27	South Korea	305,304	368,324	329,927	348,912	337,153	325,238	333,547
28	Bangladesh	246,816	235,881	245,719	279,801	303,710	303,717	298,932
29	Peru	275,323	300,988	243,157	305,758	275,995	305,461	296,680
30	Cuba	549,512	484,053	302,581	318,485	267,085	279,635	283,640
31	Zimbabwe	321,662	88,248	114,558	422,613	207,529	248,073	270,818
32	Sudan	243,873	253,628	263,773	270,293	266,986	273,210	270,759
33	Sierra Leone	157,033	178,753	195,016	264,836	294,728	240,223	261,497
34	Taiwan	236,266	198,182	246,002	213,712	224,242	228,256	224,143
35	Niger	129,959	173,171	209,864	226,779	232,853	211,498	220,961
36	Chad	255,447	217,324	206,243	195,842	218,015	218,334	213,740
37	Zambia	183,280	109,336	144,706	213,567	132,442	234,631	199,762
38	Ghana	141,995	142,119	143,393	142,502	142,671	142,856	142,730
39	Laos	124,460	109,140	114,773	126,570	128,240	116,401	121,986
40	Argentina	141,924	120,000	125,000	122,612	120,466	113,507	117,416
41	Burkina Faso	64,537	66,383	126,559	114,925	115,580	109,894	112,606
42	Senegal	72,000	89,397	89,730	107,670	110,600	115,293	112,361
43	Solomon Islands	107,193	108,715	110,684	108,864	109,421	109,657	109,428
44	Equatorial Guinea	101,148	102,206	101,193	101,516	101,638	101,449	101,519
45	Australia	79,550	82,014	84,374	86,771	89,144	91,458	89,826
46	Uruguay	80,449	81,733	82,887	82,933	82,517	82,779	82,731
47	South Africa	86,186	90,156	84,120	81,613	87,647	76,071	80,652
48	Mexico	67,486	59,358	75,396	79,006	62,475	76,972	73,030
49	Dominican Republic	52,760	54,855	57,142	58,207	62,243	75,044	67,836
50	Benin	64,659	59,400	56,923	53,894	56,590	77,477	66,494
51	Myanmar	59,359	58,901	62,238	61,411	61,636	61,861	61,704
52	Ivory Coast	55,571	57,238	57,983	57,048	58,701	59,700	58,870
53	Haiti	116,659	117,345	100,982	79,388	109,164	14,368	55,811
54	Jamaica	45,410	43,188	49,972	57,485	60,466	48,804	54,039
55	Sri Lanka	43,323	35,607	44,580	43,415	45,040	53,559	48,974
56	Guinea-Bissau	0	37,933	35,415	45,095	40,917	39,937	41,263
57	Cambodia	35,100	54,400	51,673	40,937	39,266	38,601	39,268
58	Malaysia	52,225	56,343	54,750	53,614	44,687	25,526	36,892
59	Paraguay	50,599	50,520	52,046	52,388	30,378	26,407	32,795
60	Israel	42,650	35,032	34,262	37,434	30,530	27,699	30,495
61	Honduras	18,000	19,800	21,826	23,500	25,337	28,035	26,319
62	Liberia	24,167	24,578	24,931	24,559	24,689	24,726	24,682
63	Guyana	14,970	20,066	20,255	20,168	20,491	21,273	20,817
64	Venezuela	15,744	18,747	19,646	19,756	19,935	19,808	19,836
65	Pakistan	12,636	15,963	14,400	15,212	14,134	25,053	19,809
66	Chile	15,283	15,556	15,309	15,382	15,416	15,369	15,386
67	Morocco	18,120	9,366	7,430	9,260	11,710	12,552	11,641
68	New Zealand	12,223	11,901	11,710	11,583	11,416	11,570	11,526
69	Fiji	8,542	9,053	9,454	9,501	10,771	12,578	11,421
70	Eswatini	2,524	3,455	3,753	3,449	19,099	9,832	11,335
71	Comoros	11,829	11,500	11,171	10,842	10,576	10,853	10,768
72	Congo	9,330	9,499	9,506	9,594	9,533	9,544	9,551
73	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	11,833	11,830	9,465
74	Somalia	8,738	8,795	8,973	9,018	8,929	8,973	8,969
75	Togo	8,551	8,672	9,303	9,694	9,919	7,927	8,878
76	Tonga	6,684	6,709	6,693	6,532	6,553	6,574	6,560
77	Mauritania	5,363	5,239	5,266	5,289	5,265	5,273	5,274
78	Bolivia	4,483	4,487	4,507	4,631	4,512	5,350	4,955
79	Timor-Leste	5,946	5,777	5,688	4,980	4,537	4,961	4,838
80	Guatemala	1,500	3,000	3,000	4,500	5,103	4,260	4,561
81	Ecuador	4,168	4,273	4,174	4,243	4,230	4,216	4,226
82	Gabon	3,718	3,700	3,902	3,913	3,838	3,884	3,876
83	Micronesia	3,120	3,121	3,121	3,117	3,118	3,119	3,118
84	Palestine	2,859	2,170	3,000	2,798	2,876	2,889	2,867
85	Cape Verde	5,434	3,395	3,287	3,710	2,802	2,194	2,680
86	Barbados	1,654	2,093	1,549	1,396	2,543	2,791	2,438
87	Dominica	2,307	2,313	2,316	2,392	2,380	2,368	2,376
88	Mauritius	583	414	490	1,595	1,759	2,346	2,020
89	Bahamas	1,783	1,765	1,772	1,774	1,770	1,772	1,772
90	Costa Rica	650	800	1,100	1,800	1,584	1,170	1,420
91	Botswana	800	3,000	139	1,135	1,170	1,126	1,141
92	Trinidad and Tobago	598	732	2,759	1,832	1,165	825	1,128
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2,172	2,500	2,219	1,443	1,014	836	1,011
94	El Salvador	760	773	760	765	766	764	765
95	Grenada	1,313	1,624	1,286	951	675	479	632
96	Saint Lucia	808	530	585	684	723	421	564
97	New Caledonia	656	626	724	569	566	558	563
98	Suriname	795	888	591	254	456	629	502
99	Puerto Rico	571	617	523	453	326	357	367
100	Yemen	328	324	326	319	316	320	318
101	Cook Islands	295	303	298	299	300	299	299
102	Brunei	279	281	288	290	286	288	288
103	Panama	0	495	190	286	291	265	277
104	Niue	251	251	251	251	251	252	251
105	Belize	150	86	136	250	231	210	224
106	Antigua and Barbuda	158	127	70	124	145	298	218
107	Saint Kitts and Nevis	149	306	160	176	126	176	161
108	French Polynesia	138	158	158	158	104	117	121
109	Hong Kong	59	62	61	61	62	61	61
110	Bhutan	32	48	67	53	28	33	36
111	Kuwait	24	29	38	30	32	34	33
112	Maldives	4	2	2	0.04	0.15	3	2
113	Singapore	0.1	0.19	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23