Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index was 93.76 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Trinidad and Tobago, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
In 2025, sweet potatoes — producer price index in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 93.76.
That represents a change of up 26.8% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — producer price index in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 124.99 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 15.48, in 1991.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 73rd out of 82 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 15.48 | — |
| 1992 | 16.15 | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 19.83 | +22.8% |
| 1994 | 17.38 | -12.4% |
| 1995 | 29.19 | +68.0% |
| 1996 | 18.94 | -35.1% |
| 1997 | 18.83 | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 34.98 | +85.8% |
| 1999 | 24.29 | -30.6% |
| 2000 | 32.31 | +33.0% |
| 2001 | 37.99 | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 33.98 | -10.6% |
| 2003 | 53.25 | +56.7% |
| 2004 | 42.18 | -20.8% |
| 2005 | 26.62 | -36.9% |
| 2006 | 31.92 | +19.9% |
| 2007 | 61.94 | +94.0% |
| 2008 | 33.87 | -45.3% |
| 2009 | 34.42 | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 74.08 | +115.2% |
| 2011 | 72.08 | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 83.33 | +15.6% |
| 2013 | 78.65 | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 94.8 | +20.5% |
| 2015 | 80.21 | -15.4% |
| 2016 | 124.99 | +55.8% |
| 2017 | 81.88 | -34.5% |
| 2018 | 96.92 | +18.4% |
| 2019 | 97.84 | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 82.86 | -15.3% |
| 2021 | 59.93 | -27.7% |
| 2022 | 69.5 | +16.0% |
| 2023 | 89.12 | +28.2% |
| 2024 | 73.97 | -17.0% |
| 2025 | 93.76 | +26.8% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 93.76 is below the median for high income countries, which is 116.85, 80% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 93.76 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 148.22, 63% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.67 | 15.48 | 34.98 | 9 |
| 2000s | 38.85 | 26.62 | 61.94 | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.48 | 72.08 | 124.99 | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.19 | 59.93 | 93.76 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
More economy & growth data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.73 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.79 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -390.11 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.015 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -285.22 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled -794.39 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -75.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0306 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -580.8 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate -10.46 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — producer price index in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Sweet potatoes — producer price index in Trinidad and Tobago was 93.76 in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — producer price index recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 124.99 in 2016.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — producer price index recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.48 in 1991.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for sweet potatoes — producer price index?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 73rd out of 82 countries with data for 2025.
- Is sweet potatoes — producer price index rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.