Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in Northern America
Northern America: Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity was 58 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in Northern America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Northern America is 58 kg/cap, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 14.9% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Northern America peaked at 59.33 kg/cap in 2012 and was at its lowest, 50.14 kg/cap, in 2020.
That places Northern America 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in Northern America, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 55.33 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 54.92 kg/cap | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 59.33 kg/cap | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 55.94 kg/cap | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 53.74 kg/cap | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 51.85 kg/cap | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 54.27 kg/cap | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 54.34 kg/cap | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 53.69 kg/cap | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 51.69 kg/cap | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 50.14 kg/cap | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 52.01 kg/cap | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 50.47 kg/cap | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 58 kg/cap | +14.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 54.51 kg/cap | 51.69 kg/cap | 59.33 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.66 kg/cap | 50.14 kg/cap | 58 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 4 Nepal 99.47 kg/cap compare
- 5 Polynesia 31.3 kg/cap compare
- 5 Kyrgyzstan 98.8 kg/cap compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 23.94 kg/cap compare
- 6 Poland 92.87 kg/cap compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 23.37 kg/cap compare
- 7 Uzbekistan 92.79 kg/cap compare
- 8 Belgium 90.79 kg/cap compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 17.62 kg/cap compare
- 9 Peru 89.99 kg/cap compare
- 10 Ireland 85.26 kg/cap compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 16.01 kg/cap compare
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- Meat, Total — Production, annual growth rate 0.5116 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0.4244 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production, annual growth rate -0.1128 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals, annual growth rate -0.5351 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 0.7501 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 18.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.5889 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Northern America?
- Potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Northern America was 58 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food supply quantity recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 59.33 kg/cap in 2012.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply quantity recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.14 kg/cap in 2020.
- How does Northern America rank for potatoes and products — food supply quantity?
- Northern America ranks 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.