Angola vs Tanzania: Sweet potato production
Angola
2.12 million tonnes
in 2024
Tanzania
2.23 million tonnes
in 2024
Angola rank
5th
Tanzania rank
4th
Sweet potato production over time
- Angola
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 2.23 million tonnes against 2.12 million tonnes in Angola, a difference of 104,020 tonnes.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tanzania ahead.
Angola ranks 5th and Tanzania ranks 4th of 120 countries.
Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 128,889 tonnes | 222,719 tonnes | 93,831 tonnes | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 157,900 tonnes | 424,826 tonnes | 266,926 tonnes | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 167,500 tonnes | 320,113 tonnes | 152,613 tonnes | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 181,420 tonnes | 403,771 tonnes | 222,351 tonnes | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 627,331 tonnes | 1.18 million tonnes | 555,927 tonnes | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 1.47 million tonnes | 3.65 million tonnes | 2.18 million tonnes | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 1.91 million tonnes | 2.44 million tonnes | 530,836 tonnes | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potato production, Angola or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 2.23 million tonnes against 2.12 million tonnes in Angola as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sweet potato production between Angola and Tanzania?
- 104,020 tonnes, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Tanzania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Angola and Tanzania rank globally for sweet potato production?
- Angola ranks 5th and Tanzania ranks 4th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Sweet potato production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Sweet potato production is measured in tonnes.