Starchy Roots — Food supply in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 237.11 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Vanuatu, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starchy roots — food supply in Vanuatu is 237.11 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.1% on the previous year and down 47.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Vanuatu peaked at 453.59 kcal/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 237.11 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Vanuatu ranks 28th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 444.35 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 444.53 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 453.59 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 452.84 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 436.24 kcal/cap/d | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 435.94 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 427.05 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 415.49 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 414.8 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 429.46 kcal/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 410.51 kcal/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 381.53 kcal/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 285.85 kcal/cap/d | -25.1% |
| 2023 | 237.11 kcal/cap/d | -17.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 435.43 kcal/cap/d | 414.8 kcal/cap/d | 453.59 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 328.75 kcal/cap/d | 237.11 kcal/cap/d | 410.51 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 26.63 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 26.63 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food supply in Vanuatu?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Vanuatu was 237.11 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 453.59 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 237.11 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Vanuatu rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Vanuatu ranks 28th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vanuatu data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Starchy Roots — 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.