Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Jamaica
Jamaica: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 37.93 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica is 37.93 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.5% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Jamaica peaked at 48.92 kcal/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 28.01 kcal/cap/d, in 2017.
That places Jamaica 17th out of 156 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 31.75 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 31.83 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 31.84 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 31.89 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 32.81 kcal/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 31.26 kcal/cap/d | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 32.09 kcal/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 28.01 kcal/cap/d | -12.7% |
| 2018 | 30.24 kcal/cap/d | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 28.73 kcal/cap/d | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 42.63 kcal/cap/d | +48.4% |
| 2021 | 48.92 kcal/cap/d | +14.8% |
| 2022 | 48.29 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 37.93 kcal/cap/d | -21.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 31.04 kcal/cap/d | 28.01 kcal/cap/d | 32.81 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.44 kcal/cap/d | 37.93 kcal/cap/d | 48.92 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 14 Timor-Leste 8.12 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 China, mainland 47.12 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 Republic of Moldova 0.15 kcal/cap/d compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Jamaica?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Jamaica was 37.93 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 Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 48.92 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.01 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Jamaica rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Jamaica ranks 17th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.