Potatoes and products — Food supply in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Potatoes and products — Food supply was 706,228 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Afghanistan, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes and products — food supply in Afghanistan is 706,228 million Kcal, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 139.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply in Afghanistan peaked at 706,228 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 107,642 million Kcal, in 2011.
Afghanistan ranks 33rd of 164 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 121,431 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 107,642 million Kcal | -11.4% |
| 2012 | 125,459 million Kcal | +16.6% |
| 2013 | 295,492 million Kcal | +135.5% |
| 2014 | 283,225 million Kcal | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 303,211 million Kcal | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 333,063 million Kcal | +9.8% |
| 2017 | 529,130 million Kcal | +58.9% |
| 2018 | 554,378 million Kcal | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 643,881 million Kcal | +16.1% |
| 2020 | 546,319 million Kcal | -15.2% |
| 2021 | 580,146 million Kcal | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 663,820 million Kcal | +14.4% |
| 2023 | 706,228 million Kcal | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 329,691 million Kcal | 107,642 million Kcal | 643,881 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 624,128 million Kcal | 546,319 million Kcal | 706,228 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 30 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 884,179 million Kcal compare
- 31 Indonesia 797,423 million Kcal compare
- 32 Romania 712,771 million Kcal compare
- 34 Belgium 694,914 million Kcal compare
- 35 Saudi Arabia 663,646 million Kcal compare
- 36 Kazakhstan 627,735 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply in Afghanistan?
- Potatoes and products — food supply in Afghanistan was 706,228 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 706,228 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 107,642 million Kcal in 2011.
- How does Afghanistan rank for potatoes and products — food supply?
- Afghanistan ranks 33rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 139.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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). 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.