Ethiopia vs Uganda: Sweet potato production

Ethiopia

1.19 million tonnes

in 2024

Uganda

1.03 million tonnes

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

10th

Uganda rank

12th

Sweet potato production over time

Ethiopia currently reports 1.19 million tonnes against 1.03 million tonnes in Uganda, a difference of 158,370 tonnes.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.2 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Uganda ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 10th and Uganda ranks 12th of 120 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

Sweet potato production is measured in tonnes.