Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Madagascar
Madagascar: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 89.51 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Madagascar, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food supply in Madagascar stood at 89.51 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 50.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Madagascar peaked at 91.49 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 48.75 kcal/cap/d, in 2017.
That places Madagascar 8th out of 156 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 52.91 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 59.55 kcal/cap/d | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 59.51 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 59.43 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 59.4 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 52.38 kcal/cap/d | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 53.83 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 48.75 kcal/cap/d | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 49.99 kcal/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 49.78 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 52.73 kcal/cap/d | +5.9% |
| 2021 | 50.43 kcal/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 91.49 kcal/cap/d | +81.4% |
| 2023 | 89.51 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 54.55 kcal/cap/d | 48.75 kcal/cap/d | 59.55 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.04 kcal/cap/d | 50.43 kcal/cap/d | 91.49 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 5 Vanuatu 99.08 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 34.94 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Malawi 97.52 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Cuba 96.03 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 25.69 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
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 14.35 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Madagascar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.217 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 130.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.671 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Madagascar?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Madagascar was 89.51 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 91.49 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.75 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Madagascar rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Madagascar ranks 8th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.