Potatoes and products — Food supply in Canada
Canada: Potatoes and products — Food supply was 143.82 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Canada, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Canada recorded 143.82 kcal/cap/d for potatoes and products — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 12.9% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply in Canada peaked at 164.41 kcal/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 120.73 kcal/cap/d, in 2020.
Canada ranks 12th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Canada, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 151.3 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 133.22 kcal/cap/d | -11.9% |
| 2012 | 164.41 kcal/cap/d | +23.4% |
| 2013 | 163.18 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 129.88 kcal/cap/d | -20.4% |
| 2015 | 130.33 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 139.66 kcal/cap/d | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 138.77 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 138.56 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 128.78 kcal/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 120.73 kcal/cap/d | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 143.92 kcal/cap/d | +19.2% |
| 2022 | 127.39 kcal/cap/d | -11.5% |
| 2023 | 143.82 kcal/cap/d | +12.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 141.81 kcal/cap/d | 128.78 kcal/cap/d | 164.41 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 133.97 kcal/cap/d | 120.73 kcal/cap/d | 143.92 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 9 Belgium 162.55 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 28.49 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Russian Federation 148.39 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Azerbaijan 146.99 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 10.54 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Viet Nam 8.49 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Ireland 139.74 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 133.89 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Melanesia 6.83 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 North Macedonia 128.58 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply in Canada?
- Potatoes and products — food supply in Canada was 143.82 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 164.41 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 120.73 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Canada rank for potatoes and products — food supply?
- Canada ranks 12th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.