Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 36.42 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Middle Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 36.42 kcal/cap/d for sweet potatoes — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Middle Africa peaked at 36.42 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 24.95 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 Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24.95 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 27.93 kcal/cap/d | +11.9% |
| 2012 | 29.89 kcal/cap/d | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 30.62 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 33.08 kcal/cap/d | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 32.63 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 32.55 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 31.65 kcal/cap/d | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 31.39 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 35.87 kcal/cap/d | +14.3% |
| 2020 | 33.5 kcal/cap/d | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 35.26 kcal/cap/d | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 36.18 kcal/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 36.42 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 31.06 kcal/cap/d | 24.95 kcal/cap/d | 35.87 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.34 kcal/cap/d | 33.5 kcal/cap/d | 36.42 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 2 Micronesia (Federated States of) 68.04 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Rwanda 215.38 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Papua New Guinea 161.29 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 60.25 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Angola 111.25 kcal/cap/d compare
- 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
- 8 Madagascar 89.51 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Middle Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Middle Africa was 36.42 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 36.42 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.95 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Middle Africa ranks 5th out of 19 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.