Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Uganda
Uganda: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 87.51 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 87.51 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% on the previous year and down 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Uganda peaked at 158.83 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 64.17 kcal/cap/d, in 2019.
That places Uganda 9th out of 156 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Uganda, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 158.83 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 139.42 kcal/cap/d | -12.2% |
| 2012 | 139.68 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 132.8 kcal/cap/d | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 128.75 kcal/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 141.62 kcal/cap/d | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 127.96 kcal/cap/d | -9.6% |
| 2017 | 124.77 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 92.65 kcal/cap/d | -25.7% |
| 2019 | 64.17 kcal/cap/d | -30.7% |
| 2020 | 67.89 kcal/cap/d | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 71.52 kcal/cap/d | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 83.73 kcal/cap/d | +17.1% |
| 2023 | 87.51 kcal/cap/d | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 125.07 kcal/cap/d | 64.17 kcal/cap/d | 158.83 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.66 kcal/cap/d | 67.89 kcal/cap/d | 87.51 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 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
- 9 Micronesia 24.6 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
- 12 Polynesia 12.64 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Uruguay 51.54 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Uganda?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Uganda was 87.51 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 158.83 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 64.17 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- How does Uganda rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Uganda ranks 9th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.