Italy vs South Africa: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index over time
- Italy
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 181.55 against 169.88 in Italy, a difference of 11.67.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 27th and South Africa ranks 24th of 82 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 66.41 | 13.74 | 52.66 | Italy |
| 2000s | 72.29 | 33.46 | 38.84 | Italy |
| 2010s | 100.52 | 84.17 | 16.35 | Italy |
| 2020s | 146.78 | 140.46 | 6.32 | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — producer price index, Italy or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 181.55 against 169.88 in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — producer price index between Italy and South Africa?
- 11.67, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and South Africa?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Italy and South Africa rank globally for sweet potatoes — producer price index?
- Italy ranks 27th and South Africa ranks 24th of 82 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.