Potatoes and products — Food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Potatoes and products — Food supply was 30.16 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 30.16 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 35.01 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 29.72 kcal/cap/d, in 2020.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 9th of 20 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 35.01 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 34.45 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 33.79 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 34.77 kcal/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 30.9 kcal/cap/d | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 30.89 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 30.86 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 30.84 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 31.05 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 30.48 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 29.72 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 30.57 kcal/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 30.63 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 30.16 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 32.3 kcal/cap/d | 30.48 kcal/cap/d | 35.01 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.27 kcal/cap/d | 29.72 kcal/cap/d | 30.63 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 42.22 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Kyrgyzstan 175.28 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 41.08 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Poland 166.31 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 31.1 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 163.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 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 Canada 143.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 10.54 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Potatoes and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 30.16 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 35.01 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.72 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for potatoes and products — food supply?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 9th out of 20 groups with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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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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.