Sweet potato prices: questions and answers
Sweet potatoes: median wholesale price 0.66 EUR/kg across 68 markets in 18 countries, quotes to 11 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of sweet potatoes today?
The median wholesale price of sweet potatoes was 0.66 EUR/kg across 123 current quotes on 68 markets in 18 countries (latest quote 11 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 0.48 and 1.23 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
How do prices differ between colours of sweet potatoes?
| Colour | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Colour not stated | 84 | 0.78 EUR/kg |
| Red | 28 | 0.52 EUR/kg |
| Orange | 8 | 0.81 EUR/kg |
Orange- and red-skinned sweet potatoes are graded and priced separately at some markets; quotes whose name gives no colour are kept together.
Where are prices of sweet potatoes lowest and highest?
Among countries with at least two quotes, prices of sweet potatoes were lowest in India (0.25 EUR/kg), Philippines (0.44 EUR/kg), Peru (0.46 EUR/kg) and highest in France (2.13 EUR/kg), Spain (1.93 EUR/kg), Poland (1.82 EUR/kg), as medians in EUR per kg.
Markets quote different varieties, grades, origins and trade stages, and local prices are converted at the day’s exchange rate, so differences between countries also reflect what is being sold, not only how much it costs.
What is the price of sweet potatoes in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 19 | 1.17 EUR/kg | 24.6 MXN/kg |
| Philippines | 18 | 0.44 EUR/kg | 31.1 PHP/kg |
| Taiwan | 8 | 0.63 EUR/kg | 22.9 TWD/kg |
| India | 3 | 0.25 EUR/kg | 26.5 INR/kg |
| South Africa | 3 | 0.52 EUR/kg | 9.67 ZAR/kg |
| Spain | 2 | 1.93 EUR/kg | — |
| Peru | 2 | 0.46 EUR/kg | 1.77 PEN/kg |
| Poland | 2 | 1.82 EUR/kg | 8.00 PLN/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting sweet potatoes; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of sweet potatoes going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 29 of 82 quotes for sweet potatoes rose, 28 fell and 25 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish sweet potato prices?
68 markets in 18 countries have current sweet potato quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Cape Town Market South Africa · 24 quotes
- Mercatenerife Spain · 10 quotes
- Tshwane Wholesale Market South Africa · 8 quotes
- Buenos Aires Central Market Argentina · 5 quotes
- MIN Nantes France · 3 quotes
- Centro de Abastecimento e Logística de Pernambuco Brazil · 3 quotes
- Durban Fresh Produce Market South Africa · 3 quotes
- Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Vegetable Market (VMO) China · 3 quotes
Why are there so many different sweet potato prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 67 different sweet potato quote names, for example: Sweet Potatoes Orange, grade 1M; Sweetpotato lanzarote not local; Sweet potatoes orange grade l container at mass 20; Sweet potatoes, Brazil, grade 1A, medium; Batat Import; Batateira sweet potatoes, 15 kg pack, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Paraiba.
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Which country produces the most sweet potatoes?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of sweet potatoes was 90.9 million t in 2024. The largest producer was China with 56.5% of the world total, followed by Malawi and Nigeria.
Which country exports the most sweet potatoes?
In 2024 the largest exporter of sweet potatoes was Egypt with 233,170 t (24.9% of reported exports), according to FAOSTAT trade data.
Where do these sweet potato prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are sweet potato prices updated?
The latest sweet potato quote is from 11 November 2026; 31 of 68 markets published sweet potato prices in the seven days to 11 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download sweet potato prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for sweet potato prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.