Sweet potatoes — Food supply in China, mainland
China, mainland: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 47.12 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in China, mainland, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 47.12 kcal/cap/d for sweet potatoes — food supply in 2023.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in China, mainland peaked at 62.64 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 46.35 kcal/cap/d, in 2020.
That places China, mainland 14th out of 156 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 62.64 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 60.12 kcal/cap/d | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 59.63 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 59.14 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 58.71 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 52.6 kcal/cap/d | -10.4% |
| 2016 | 49.59 kcal/cap/d | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 49.33 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 50.58 kcal/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 49.21 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 46.35 kcal/cap/d | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 48.24 kcal/cap/d | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 47.37 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 47.12 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 55.15 kcal/cap/d | 49.21 kcal/cap/d | 62.64 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.27 kcal/cap/d | 46.35 kcal/cap/d | 48.24 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 11 Cabo Verde 11.43 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Sierra Leone 65.15 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 14.35 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Polynesia 12.64 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Uruguay 51.54 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Guinea 49.89 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Viet Nam 9.17 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 8.12 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.98 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 China 46.26 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Cameroon 44.41 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.96 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Jamaica 37.93 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Republic of Moldova 0.15 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in China, mainland?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in China, mainland was 47.12 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 62.64 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.35 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- How does China, mainland rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- China, mainland ranks 14th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.