What is the difference in sweet potato production between Ethiopia and Madagascar?

113,000 tonnes, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Madagascar?

32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.

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.

Ethiopia vs Madagascar: Sweet potato production

Ethiopia

1.19 million tonnes

in 2024

Madagascar

1.30 million tonnes

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

10th

Madagascar rank

9th

Sweet potato production over time

Ethiopia
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 1.30 million tonnes against 1.19 million tonnes in Ethiopia, a difference of 113,000 tonnes.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Madagascar ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 10th and Madagascar ranks 9th of 120 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1990s	180,536 tonnes	507,143 tonnes	326,607 tonnes	Madagascar
2000s	393,488 tonnes	703,907 tonnes	310,418 tonnes	Madagascar
2010s	1.89 million tonnes	1.08 million tonnes	809,814 tonnes	Ethiopia
2020s	1.51 million tonnes	1.29 million tonnes	225,482 tonnes	Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sweet potato production, Ethiopia or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 1.30 million tonnes against 1.19 million tonnes in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in sweet potato production between Ethiopia and Madagascar?: 113,000 tonnes, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Madagascar?: 32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Madagascar rank globally for sweet potato production?: Ethiopia ranks 10th and Madagascar ranks 9th 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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Indicator: Sweet potato production
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 6,871 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Sweet potato production is measured in tonnes.