Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value was 409 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Trinidad and Tobago, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 409 mg/cap/d.
That represents a change of up 9.9% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 478 mg/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 345 mg/cap/d, in 2021.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 95th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 423 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 417 mg/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 478 mg/cap/d | +14.6% |
| 2013 | 398 mg/cap/d | -16.7% |
| 2014 | 387 mg/cap/d | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 370 mg/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 380 mg/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 378 mg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 373 mg/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 376 mg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 382 mg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 345 mg/cap/d | -9.7% |
| 2022 | 372 mg/cap/d | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 409 mg/cap/d | +9.9% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 409 mg/cap/d is below the median for high income countries, which is 441 mg/cap/d, 93% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 409 mg/cap/d is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 390 mg/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 398 mg/cap/d | 370 mg/cap/d | 478 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 377 mg/cap/d | 345 mg/cap/d | 409 mg/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Trinidad and Tobago was 409 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 478 mg/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 345 mg/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 95th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.