Sweet potato production in Somalia
Somalia: Sweet potato production was 8,843 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potato production in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 8,843 for sweet potato production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potato production in Somalia peaked at 8,924 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,000, in 1961.
Somalia ranks 73rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potato production in Somalia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,000 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,000 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,000 | +50.0% |
| 1970 | 3,000 | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,100 | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 3,100 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,150 | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 3,200 | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 3,250 | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 3,300 | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 3,300 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,400 | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 3,500 | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 3,600 | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 3,700 | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 3,800 | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 3,900 | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 4,000 | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 4,000 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,100 | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 4,200 | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 4,300 | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 4,000 | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 3,200 | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 4,000 | +25.0% |
| 1994 | 4,500 | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 4,800 | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 5,000 | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 5,200 | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 5,300 | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 5,400 | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 5,500 | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 6,500 | +18.2% |
| 2002 | 6,441 | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 7,000 | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 6,978 | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 8,000 | +14.7% |
| 2006 | 7,000 | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 7,261 | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 7,441 | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 7,608 | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 7,781 | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 7,952 | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 8,000 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 8,000 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8,184 | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 8,368 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 8,485 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 8,644 | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 8,738 | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 8,795 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 8,924 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 8,819 | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 8,846 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 8,863 | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 8,843 | -0.2% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 8,843 is below the median for low income countries, which is 502,352, 2% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 8,843 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 179,140, 5% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potato production in Somalia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +50.0% | 2,000 | 3,000 |
| 1993 | +25.0% | 3,200 | 4,000 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,111 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,140 | 3,000 | 3,300 | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,820 | 3,400 | 4,200 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,570 | 3,200 | 5,400 | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,973 | 5,500 | 8,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,295 | 7,781 | 8,795 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,859 | 8,819 | 8,924 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More reference data data for Somalia
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 11,478 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3652 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 0.4444 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Enteric Fermentation 1,010 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0.0115 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.8842 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 42.94 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 1,054 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 42.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 3.05 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potato production in Somalia?
- Sweet potato production in Somalia was 8,843 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sweet potato production recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,924 in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potato production recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for sweet potato production?
- Somalia ranks 73rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potato production rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Sweet potato production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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