Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Central America
Central America: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 0.7 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Central America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food supply in Central America stood at 0.7 kcal/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.7% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Central America peaked at 0.82 kcal/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.58 kcal/cap/d, in 2022.
Central America ranks 21st of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Central America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.8 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 0.64 kcal/cap/d | -20.0% |
| 2012 | 0.65 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.65 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.61 kcal/cap/d | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 0.67 kcal/cap/d | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 0.67 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.67 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.67 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.65 kcal/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 0.82 kcal/cap/d | +26.2% |
| 2021 | 0.72 kcal/cap/d | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 0.58 kcal/cap/d | -19.4% |
| 2023 | 0.7 kcal/cap/d | +20.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.668 kcal/cap/d | 0.61 kcal/cap/d | 0.8 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.705 kcal/cap/d | 0.58 kcal/cap/d | 0.82 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 18 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 kcal/cap/d
- 18 Fiji 35.34 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 0 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Côte d'Ivoire 4.39 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Nigeria 34.96 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Zimbabwe 34.03 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 Comoros 31.58 kcal/cap/d compare
- 22 Mozambique 31.23 kcal/cap/d compare
- 23 Kenya 26.11 kcal/cap/d compare
- 24 Ethiopia 24.39 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -1.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2408 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -5.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1882 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.0452 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 0.5782 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -5.95 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Central America?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Central America was 0.7 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 0.82 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.58 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Central America rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Central America ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Central America 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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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.