Melanesia vs United States: Sweet potatoes — Food supply
Sweet potatoes — Food supply over time
- Melanesia
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 906,011 million Kcal against 743,396 million Kcal in Melanesia, a difference of 162,615 million Kcal.
That makes United States's figure about 1.2 times Melanesia's.
Across all 14 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 14th and United States ranks 12th of 183 countries.
United States has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 686,026 million Kcal | 1.17 million million Kcal | 480,056 million Kcal | United States |
| 2020s | 730,734 million Kcal | 1.09 million million Kcal | 362,409 million Kcal | United States |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sweet potatoes — food supply, Melanesia or United States?
- United States, at 906,011 million Kcal against 743,396 million Kcal in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in sweet potatoes — food supply between Melanesia and United States?
- 162,615 million Kcal, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and United States?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and United States rank globally for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Melanesia ranks 14th and United States ranks 12th 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.