Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 14.35 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — food supply in Democratic Republic of the Congo is 14.35 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 15.89 kcal/cap/d in 2019 and was at its lowest, 9.25 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9.25 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 9.41 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 12.81 kcal/cap/d | +36.1% |
| 2013 | 10.84 kcal/cap/d | -15.4% |
| 2014 | 11.91 kcal/cap/d | +9.9% |
| 2015 | 10.5 kcal/cap/d | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 11.07 kcal/cap/d | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 11.42 kcal/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 11.72 kcal/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 15.89 kcal/cap/d | +35.6% |
| 2020 | 14.55 kcal/cap/d | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 14.5 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 14.43 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 14.35 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +36.1% | 9.41 kcal/cap/d | 12.81 kcal/cap/d |
| 2019 | +35.6% | 11.72 kcal/cap/d | 15.89 kcal/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.48 kcal/cap/d | 9.25 kcal/cap/d | 15.89 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.46 kcal/cap/d | 14.35 kcal/cap/d | 14.55 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 25.69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Madagascar 89.51 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Caribbean 26.28 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Micronesia 24.6 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Uganda 87.51 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Tonga 73.98 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Cabo Verde 11.43 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Sierra Leone 65.15 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
- 14 China, mainland 47.12 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 14.35 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 15.89 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.25 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 11th out of 19 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the Congo 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.