Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 1.8 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Southern Asia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 1.8 kcal/cap/d for sweet potatoes — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Southern Asia peaked at 2.27 kcal/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.63 kcal/cap/d, in 2020.
Southern Asia ranks 20th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1.97 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1.93 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 1.94 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.96 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.84 kcal/cap/d | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 1.99 kcal/cap/d | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 2.27 kcal/cap/d | +14.1% |
| 2017 | 2.22 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 2.22 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.76 kcal/cap/d | -20.7% |
| 2020 | 1.63 kcal/cap/d | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 1.66 kcal/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 1.78 kcal/cap/d | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 1.8 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.01 kcal/cap/d | 1.76 kcal/cap/d | 2.27 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.72 kcal/cap/d | 1.63 kcal/cap/d | 1.8 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 17 Jamaica 37.93 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
- 21 Comoros 31.58 kcal/cap/d compare
- 22 Mozambique 31.23 kcal/cap/d compare
- 23 Kenya 26.11 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Southern Asia?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Southern Asia was 1.8 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.27 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.63 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Southern Asia rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Southern Asia ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.