Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Kenya
Kenya: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 26.11 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Kenya, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 26.11 kcal/cap/d for sweet potatoes — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Kenya peaked at 52.11 kcal/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 26.11 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Kenya ranks 23rd of 156 countries 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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 49.23 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 49.69 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 49.99 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 50.5 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 51.11 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 51.72 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 52.11 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 38.83 kcal/cap/d | -25.5% |
| 2018 | 43.03 kcal/cap/d | +10.8% |
| 2019 | 46.69 kcal/cap/d | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 31.71 kcal/cap/d | -32.1% |
| 2021 | 31.11 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 26.16 kcal/cap/d | -15.9% |
| 2023 | 26.11 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 48.29 kcal/cap/d | 38.83 kcal/cap/d | 52.11 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.77 kcal/cap/d | 26.11 kcal/cap/d | 31.71 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Kenya?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Kenya was 26.11 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 52.11 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.11 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Kenya rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Kenya ranks 23rd out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya 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.