Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 1.46 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Trinidad and Tobago, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food supply in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 1.46 kcal/cap/d.
That represents a change of down 29.8% on the previous year and down 55.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 5.49 kcal/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.97 kcal/cap/d, in 2017.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 78th of 156 countries 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 Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3.24 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2.17 kcal/cap/d | -33.0% |
| 2012 | 2.32 kcal/cap/d | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 3.26 kcal/cap/d | +40.5% |
| 2014 | 3.35 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 5.06 kcal/cap/d | +51.0% |
| 2016 | 5.49 kcal/cap/d | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 0.97 kcal/cap/d | -82.3% |
| 2018 | 1.74 kcal/cap/d | +79.4% |
| 2019 | 1.53 kcal/cap/d | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 4.77 kcal/cap/d | +211.8% |
| 2021 | 3.16 kcal/cap/d | -33.8% |
| 2022 | 2.08 kcal/cap/d | -34.2% |
| 2023 | 1.46 kcal/cap/d | -29.8% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 1.46 kcal/cap/d is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.64 kcal/cap/d, 2.3× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 1.46 kcal/cap/d is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6.35 kcal/cap/d, 23% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.91 kcal/cap/d | 0.97 kcal/cap/d | 5.49 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.87 kcal/cap/d | 1.46 kcal/cap/d | 4.77 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Trinidad and Tobago was 1.46 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 5.49 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.97 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 78th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.