Starchy Roots — Food supply in Samoa
Samoa: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 18,920 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Samoa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 18,920 million Kcal for starchy roots — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Samoa peaked at 26,486 million Kcal in 2016 and was at its lowest, 13,002 million Kcal, in 2019.
Samoa ranks 164th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Samoa, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 22,435 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 22,544 million Kcal | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 22,712 million Kcal | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 22,844 million Kcal | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 23,299 million Kcal | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 25,098 million Kcal | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 26,486 million Kcal | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 22,746 million Kcal | -14.1% |
| 2018 | 23,230 million Kcal | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 13,002 million Kcal | -44.0% |
| 2020 | 16,018 million Kcal | +23.2% |
| 2021 | 18,577 million Kcal | +16.0% |
| 2022 | 18,243 million Kcal | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 18,920 million Kcal | +3.7% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 18,920 million Kcal is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 244,440 million Kcal, 8% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 18,920 million Kcal is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 181,197 million Kcal, 10% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starchy Roots — Food supply in Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -44.0% | 23,230 million Kcal | 13,002 million Kcal |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 22,440 million Kcal | 13,002 million Kcal | 26,486 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,940 million Kcal | 16,018 million Kcal | 18,920 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food supply in Samoa?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Samoa was 18,920 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 26,486 million Kcal in 2016.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,002 million Kcal in 2019.
- How does Samoa rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Samoa ranks 164th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Starchy Roots — 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.