Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Africa
Africa: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 31.34 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food supply in Africa stood at 31.34 kcal/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Africa peaked at 39.3 kcal/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 31.34 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Africa ranks 6th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 36.05 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 35.34 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 35.02 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 36.36 kcal/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 39.3 kcal/cap/d | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 35.8 kcal/cap/d | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 35.38 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 37.53 kcal/cap/d | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 34.74 kcal/cap/d | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 33.96 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 34.08 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 33.79 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 31.38 kcal/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 31.34 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 35.95 kcal/cap/d | 33.96 kcal/cap/d | 39.3 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.65 kcal/cap/d | 31.34 kcal/cap/d | 34.08 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 3 Papua New Guinea 161.29 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 60.25 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Angola 111.25 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Vanuatu 99.08 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 34.94 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Malawi 97.52 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Cuba 96.03 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 25.69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Madagascar 89.51 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Micronesia 24.6 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Uganda 87.51 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 0.0886 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Africa was 31.34 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 39.3 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.34 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Africa rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — 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.