Sweet potatoes — Producer Price (LCU/tonne) by country
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What the numbers show
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price (LCU/tonne) is currently reported for 80 countries. The highest value is 12.49 million LCU in Viet Nam; the lowest is 330 LCU in Zimbabwe.
The median across all reporting countries is 27,098 LCU, and the mean is 462,596 LCU.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 37,841.
Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Argentina (up 1,477.5%), and the largest decrease in Zimbabwe (down 99.9%).
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viet Nam | 12.49 million LCU | 2025 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Indonesia | 6.48 million LCU | 2024 | up 82.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 217,000 LCU | 2024 | up 317.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.93 million LCU | 2016 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Paraguay | 2.02 million LCU | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Cabo Verde | 171,855 LCU | 2025 | up 46.7% | rising |
| 3 | Republic of Korea | 1.76 million LCU | 2011 | up 315.6% | volatile |
| 3 | United Republic of Tanzania | 313,450 LCU | 2017 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 4 | Sierra Leone | 1.52 million LCU | 2018 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 12,710 LCU | 2014 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Cambodia | 1.12 million LCU | 2013 | up 235.7% | rising |
| 5 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,124 LCU | 2025 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Italy | 620,000 LCU | 1995 | — | falling |
| 7 | Mali | 514,470 LCU | 2024 | up 971.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Guinea | 464,600 LCU | 2022 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 9 | Congo | 442,000 LCU | 2009 | up 393.0% | volatile |
| 10 | New Caledonia | 400,963 LCU | 2022 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 11 | Madagascar | 395,000 LCU | 2011 | down 24.8% | flat |
| 12 | Rwanda | 369,773 LCU | 2025 | up 131.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 350,000 LCU | 2016 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 14 | Chile | 321,054 LCU | 2006 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 15 | Burundi | 297,000 LCU | 2020 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Jamaica | 287,010 LCU | 2024 | up 186.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Chad | 276,196 LCU | 2025 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 18 | Japan | 262,100 LCU | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 19 | Malawi | 222,889 LCU | 2017 | up 327.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Senegal | 203,923 LCU | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 21 | Benin | 185,000 LCU | 2024 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 22 | Togo | 163,000 LCU | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 23 | Cameroon | 159,250 LCU | 2012 | up 212.3% | rising |
| 24 | Niger | 152,000 LCU | 2022 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 25 | Nigeria | 141,227 LCU | 2020 | up 213.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Sri Lanka | 112,798 LCU | 2025 | up 136.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Guyana | 101,750 LCU | 2021 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 51,553 LCU | 2007 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 29 | Mozambique | 48,000 LCU | 2024 | up 207.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Mauritius | 47,820 LCU | 2025 | up 300.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 33,630 LCU | 2025 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Kenya | 31,687 LCU | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 31,333 LCU | 2023 | up 152.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Uruguay | 30,000 LCU | 2022 | up 276.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Philippines | 28,316 LCU | 2025 | up 83.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Angola | 25,880 LCU | 2014 | — | flat |
| 37 | Maldives | 20,000 LCU | 2021 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 38 | Suriname | 17,100 LCU | 2021 | up 479.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11,000 LCU | 2024 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Zambia | 10,820 LCU | 2024 | up 203.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Nepal | 10,558 LCU | 2007 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 42 | Honduras | 10,315 LCU | 2025 | — | rising |
| 43 | South Africa | 9,319 LCU | 2025 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9,156 LCU | 2024 | up 72.4% | rising |
| 45 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8,818 LCU | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 46 | Argentina | 8,140 LCU | 2018 | up 1,477.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 8,065 LCU | 2024 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 48 | Grenada | 7,709 LCU | 2024 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 49 | Mexico | 7,625 LCU | 2024 | up 106.5% | volatile |
| 50 | China, mainland | 6,900 LCU | 2020 | up 259.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Cook Islands | 6,720 LCU | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Egypt | 6,381 LCU | 2024 | up 958.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Israel | 4,712 LCU | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 54 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4,666 LCU | 2024 | up 130.1% | rising |
| 55 | Barbados | 3,981 LCU | 2022 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 56 | Brunei Darussalam | 3,624 LCU | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 57 | Ethiopia | 3,410 LCU | 2018 | up 191.5% | volatile |
| 58 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 3,250 LCU | 2008 | up 253.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Sudan (former) | 3,000 LCU | 2011 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Fiji | 2,886 LCU | 2024 | up 191.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Malaysia | 2,000 LCU | 2023 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 62 | Belize | 1,984 LCU | 2024 | — | rising |
| 63 | Tonga | 1,980 LCU | 2025 | down 65.4% | falling |
| 64 | Cuba | 1,608 LCU | 2017 | up 72.0% | volatile |
| 65 | New Zealand | 1,250 LCU | 2001 | up 160.4% | rising |
| 66 | Bahrain | 1,200 LCU | 2025 | up 140.0% | rising |
| 67 | Peru | 1,057 LCU | 2025 | up 82.3% | rising |
| 68 | Puerto Rico | 959.3 LCU | 2015 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 69 | Australia | 780.2 LCU | 2024 | down 27.0% | flat |
| 70 | Brazil | 750 LCU | 2025 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Portugal | 636.5 LCU | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Spain | 575.4 LCU | 2024 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Zimbabwe | 330 LCU | 2017 | down 99.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 551.2 LCU
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.