Malawi vs Melanesia: Sweet potatoes — Food supply
Sweet potatoes — Food supply over time
- Malawi
- Melanesia
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 751,188 million Kcal against 743,396 million Kcal in Melanesia, a difference of 7,792 million Kcal.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 14 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Melanesia ahead.
Malawi ranks 13th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 183 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 381,968 million Kcal | 686,026 million Kcal | 304,058 million Kcal | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 719,448 million Kcal | 730,734 million Kcal | 11,285 million Kcal | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — food supply, Malawi or Melanesia?
- Malawi, at 751,188 million Kcal against 743,396 million Kcal in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — food supply between Malawi and Melanesia?
- 7,792 million Kcal, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Melanesia?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Melanesia rank globally for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Malawi ranks 13th and Melanesia ranks 14th of 183 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sweet potatoes — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.