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Where Sweet potato Grows

China grew the most sweet potato in 2024: 51.4 million tonnes, 56.5% of the world’s 90.9 million tonnes. Watch the top producers light up on the world map, coloured by their share of the world’s sweet potato.

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Sweet potato grown in 2024

Point at or tap a country to see how much it grows.

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Share of the world’s sweet potato: 25% or more 10–25% 5–10% 2–5% 0.5–2% Under 0.5% None recorded

Top 10 sweet potato producers

Tonnes grown in 2024

  1. 1China 56.5%

    51.4 million tonnes

  2. 2Malawi 8.8%

    8.0 million tonnes

  3. 3Nigeria 4.5%

    4.1 million tonnes

  4. 4Tanzania 2.4%

    2.2 million tonnes

  5. 5Angola 2.3%

    2.1 million tonnes

  6. 6Indonesia 1.6%

    1.5 million tonnes

  7. 7Rwanda 1.5%

    1.4 million tonnes

  8. 8India 1.4%

    1.3 million tonnes

  9. 9Madagascar 1.4%

    1.3 million tonnes

  10. 10Ethiopia 1.3%

    1.2 million tonnes

World total

90.9 million tonnes

Countries growing it

111

Largest producer

China

Top 3 together

69.8%

All 111 countries that grow sweet potato

#CountryTonnesShare
1 China 51,354,274 56.5%
2 Malawi 7,980,473 8.8%
3 Nigeria 4,091,239 4.5%
4 Tanzania 2,227,515 2.4%
5 Angola 2,123,503 2.3%
6 Indonesia 1,479,470 1.6%
7 Rwanda 1,398,268 1.5%
8 India 1,305,997 1.4%
9 Madagascar 1,298,147 1.4%
10 Ethiopia 1,185,148 1.3%
11 United States 1,119,285 1.2%
12 Uganda 1,026,777 1.1%
13 Vietnam 972,890 1.1%
14 Brazil 970,050 1.1%
15 Burundi 944,229 1.0%
16 Kenya 862,724 0.9%
17 Papua New Guinea 732,422 0.8%
18 Japan 717,000 0.8%
19 Cameroon 633,125 0.7%
20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 625,963 0.7%
21 Mali 614,079 0.7%
22 North Korea 576,338 0.6%
23 Philippines 504,411 0.6%
24 Mozambique 502,352 0.6%
25 Egypt 443,511 0.5%
26 Guinea 363,807 0.4%
27 Niger 314,757 0.3%
28 South Korea 314,426 0.3%
29 Bangladesh 302,073 0.3%
30 Peru 293,211 0.3%
31 Sudan 278,269 0.3%
32 Sierra Leone 254,823 0.3%
33 Cuba 237,790 0.3%
34 Chad 232,300 0.3%
35 Zimbabwe 215,604 0.2%
36 Taiwan 212,360 0.2%
37 Ghana 142,676 0.2%
38 Laos 138,700 0.2%
39 Burkina Faso 115,507 0.1%
40 Senegal 114,742 0.1%
41 Benin 112,413 0.1%
42 Solomon Islands 109,115 0.1%
43 Argentina 108,309 0.1%
44 Haiti 104,500 0.1%
45 Equatorial Guinea 102,398 0.1%
46 Dominican Republic 92,467 0.1%
47 Australia 89,203 0.1%
48 Zambia 83,542 0.1%
49 Uruguay 82,001 0.1%
50 South Africa 70,564 0.1%
51 Mexico 66,732 0.1%
52 Côte d'Ivoire 63,100 0.1%
53 Myanmar 60,674 0.1%
54 Jamaica 55,056 0.1%
55 Paraguay 51,532 0.1%
56 Malaysia 50,583 0.1%
57 Sri Lanka 49,825 0.1%
58 Cambodia 39,283 under 0.1%
59 Guinea-Bissau 38,162 under 0.1%
60 Honduras 28,629 under 0.1%
61 Liberia 24,679 under 0.1%
62 Venezuela 22,666 under 0.1%
63 Guyana 22,066 under 0.1%
64 Israel 17,426 under 0.1%
65 Chile 15,599 under 0.1%
66 Fiji 12,731 under 0.1%
67 New Zealand 11,891 under 0.1%
68 Vanuatu 11,830 under 0.1%
69 Morocco 11,032 under 0.1%
70 Comoros 10,672 under 0.1%
71 Republic of the Congo 9,464 under 0.1%
72 Somalia 8,843 under 0.1%
73 Tonga 6,640 under 0.1%
74 Togo 6,374 under 0.1%
75 Mauritania 5,313 under 0.1%
76 Timor-Leste 4,825 under 0.1%
77 Bolivia 4,635 under 0.1%
78 Guatemala 4,565 under 0.1%
79 Pakistan 4,390 under 0.1%
80 Ecuador 4,207 under 0.1%
81 Gabon 3,901 under 0.1%
82 Federated States of Micronesia 3,120 under 0.1%
83 Mauritius 3,062 under 0.1%
84 Eswatini 2,821 under 0.1%
85 Dominica 2,357 under 0.1%
86 Cabo Verde 2,275 under 0.1%
87 Barbados 1,993 under 0.1%
88 Bahamas 1,812 under 0.1%
89 Costa Rica 1,764 under 0.1%
90 Botswana 1,088 under 0.1%
91 El Salvador 765 under 0.1%
92 New Caledonia 644 under 0.1%
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 643 under 0.1%
94 Suriname 595 under 0.1%
95 Grenada 523 under 0.1%
96 Saint Lucia 405 under 0.1%
97 Yemen 322 under 0.1%
98 Trinidad and Tobago 308 under 0.1%
99 Cook Islands 299 under 0.1%
100 Brunei 286 under 0.1%
101 Puerto Rico 267 under 0.1%
102 Panama 260 under 0.1%
103 Niue 252 under 0.1%
104 Belize 207 under 0.1%
105 Saint Kitts and Nevis 177 under 0.1%
106 Antigua and Barbuda 151 under 0.1%
107 French Polynesia 143 under 0.1%
108 Hong Kong 61 under 0.1%
109 Bhutan 44 under 0.1%
110 Kuwait 32 under 0.1%
111 Maldives 3 under 0.1%

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Data: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 28 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL. Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAOSTAT item: Sweet potatoes. Some figures are FAO estimates. Xilfy is not affiliated with or endorsed by FAO.

Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain). Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

About the Where Food Grows

Where Food Grows shows which countries grow the food we eat. Pick one of 73 crops – rice, wheat, mango, banana, coffee, cocoa, tea, jute and more – and the countries that grow it light up on the world map one after another, largest producer first. Each country is coloured by its share of the world’s crop, with the top 10 beside the map and every producing country ranked below, from FAOSTAT’s latest figures.

How to use it

  1. 1 Pick a crop from the list or the buttons above the map.
  2. 2 Watch the top producers light up; press Replay to see it again.
  3. 3 Point at or tap any country for its tonnes, rank and share of the world.
  4. 4 Scroll down for every country that grows the crop, or copy the link to share it.

Frequently asked questions

Which country produces the most sweet potato?

China grew the most sweet potato in 2024: 51.4 million tonnes, 56.5% of the world’s 90.9 million tonnes. The figures are FAOSTAT’s for 2024.

What are the top 5 sweet potato producing countries?

China (56.5%), Malawi (8.8%), Nigeria (4.5%), Tanzania (2.4%) and Angola (2.3%), by tonnes grown in 2024.

Where does the data come from?

From FAOSTAT, the food and farming statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), dataset “Crops and livestock products”, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. It shows the latest year FAO has published, usually two years behind.

Why do some numbers look different from other sources?

Countries report in different ways and FAO fills gaps with its own estimates. Some crops are also grouped: FAO counts mangoes together with guavas and mangosteens, and lemons with limes. The FAOSTAT item name under the map says exactly what is counted.

Why are Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao shown apart from China?

FAOSTAT reports them separately, so the map follows its figures. Borders are simplified and do not imply any view on disputed territory.

Why is a country grey?

FAOSTAT has no production of that crop recorded for it in the latest year. It may grow a little that is not reported.

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