Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Mozambique
Mozambique: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 31.23 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Mozambique, 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 Mozambique is 31.23 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 11.2% on the previous year and down 74.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Mozambique peaked at 120 kcal/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 30.25 kcal/cap/d, in 2018.
Mozambique ranks 22nd of 156 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 87.2 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 88.85 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 108 kcal/cap/d | +21.6% |
| 2013 | 120 kcal/cap/d | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 42.76 kcal/cap/d | -64.4% |
| 2015 | 32.27 kcal/cap/d | -24.5% |
| 2016 | 32.1 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 31.16 kcal/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 30.25 kcal/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 37.06 kcal/cap/d | +22.5% |
| 2020 | 38.07 kcal/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 34.66 kcal/cap/d | -9.0% |
| 2022 | 35.18 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 31.23 kcal/cap/d | -11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 60.96 kcal/cap/d | 30.25 kcal/cap/d | 120 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.78 kcal/cap/d | 31.23 kcal/cap/d | 38.07 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mozambique
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2557 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2557 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 160.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6279 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Mozambique?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Mozambique was 31.23 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 120 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.25 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- How does Mozambique rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Mozambique ranks 22nd out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 74.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.