Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Suriname

Suriname: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price was 17,100 SLC in 2021. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2021)
17,100 SLC
Change on year
up 134.9%
World rank
36th
of 73 countries
All-time high
17,100 SLC
in 2021
All-time low
2.3 SLC
in 1992
Years of data
31
1991–2021

Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Suriname, 1991–2021

05.0k10.0k15.0k1991200620211991: 2.5 SLC1992: 2.3 SLC1993: 6.8 SLC1994: 15 SLC1995: 295 SLC1996: 215 SLC1997: 230 SLC1998: 500 SLC1999: 343 SLC2000: 693 SLC2001: 390 SLC2002: 655 SLC2003: 1.4k SLC2004: 1.2k SLC2005: 2.1k SLC2006: 2.5k SLC2007: 2.5k SLC2008: 2.4k SLC2009: 2.6k SLC2010: 2.6k SLC2011: 3.0k SLC2012: 2.6k SLC2013: 3.0k SLC2014: 2.5k SLC2015: 2.7k SLC2016: 3.0k SLC2017: 4.5k SLC2018: 6.0k SLC2019: 6.8k SLC2020: 7.3k SLC2021: 17.1k SLC

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in SLC.

Analysis

Suriname recorded 17,100 SLC for sweet potatoes — producer price in 2021. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 134.9% on the previous year and up 479.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — producer price in Suriname peaked at 17,100 SLC in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.3 SLC, in 1992.

That places Suriname 36th out of 73 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Suriname, year by year

Annual values for Sweet potatoes — Producer Price (SLC/tonne) in Suriname, 1991 to 2021.
Year SLC Change
1991 2.5 SLC
1992 2.3 SLC -8.0%
1993 6.8 SLC +195.7%
1994 15 SLC +120.6%
1995 295 SLC +1866.7%
1996 215 SLC -27.1%
1997 230 SLC +7.0%
1998 500 SLC +117.4%
1999 343 SLC -31.4%
2000 693 SLC +102.0%
2001 390 SLC -43.7%
2002 655 SLC +67.9%
2003 1,445 SLC +120.6%
2004 1,250 SLC -13.5%
2005 2,100 SLC +68.0%
2006 2,450 SLC +16.7%
2007 2,450 SLC +0.0%
2008 2,390 SLC -2.4%
2009 2,635 SLC +10.3%
2010 2,585 SLC -1.9%
2011 2,950 SLC +14.1%
2012 2,570 SLC -12.9%
2013 2,960 SLC +15.2%
2014 2,525 SLC -14.7%
2015 2,655 SLC +5.1%
2016 3,030 SLC +14.1%
2017 4,515 SLC +49.0%
2018 5,985 SLC +32.6%
2019 6,840 SLC +14.3%
2020 7,280 SLC +6.4%
2021 17,100 SLC +134.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 178.84 SLC 2.3 SLC 500 SLC 9
2000s 1,646 SLC 390 SLC 2,635 SLC 10
2010s 3,662 SLC 2,525 SLC 6,840 SLC 10
2020s 12,190 SLC 7,280 SLC 17,100 SLC 2

Countries ranked near Suriname

  1. 33 Dominican Republic 25,427 SLC compare
  2. 34 Maldives 20,000 SLC compare
  3. 35 Bangladesh 18,370 SLC compare
  4. 37 Honduras 11,696 SLC compare
  5. 38 Nepal 10,558 SLC compare
  6. 39 Antigua and Barbuda 9,156 SLC compare

See the full ranking of 81 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sweet potatoes — producer price in Suriname?
Sweet potatoes — producer price in Suriname was 17,100 SLC in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sweet potatoes — producer price recorded in Suriname?
The highest recorded value was 17,100 SLC in 2021.
What is the lowest sweet potatoes — producer price recorded in Suriname?
The lowest recorded value was 2.3 SLC in 1992.
How does Suriname rank for sweet potatoes — producer price?
Suriname ranks 36th out of 73 countries with data for 2021.
Is sweet potatoes — producer price rising or falling in Suriname?
Over the last ten years it is up 479.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Suriname data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Producer Price (SLC/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price (SLC/tonne)
Unit
SLC
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
81 places, 1,553 data points, 1991–2024
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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.