Indonesia vs Nigeria: Sweet potato production

Indonesia

1.48 million tonnes

in 2024

Nigeria

4.09 million tonnes

in 2024

Indonesia rank

6th

Nigeria rank

3rd

Sweet potato production over time

Nigeria currently reports 4.09 million tonnes against 1.48 million tonnes in Indonesia, a difference of 2.61 million tonnes.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 2.8 times Indonesia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Indonesia ahead.

Indonesia ranks 6th and Nigeria ranks 3rd 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.