Sweet potatoes — Food supply in World
World: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 16.85 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in World, 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 World is 16.85 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in World peaked at 20.92 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 16.85 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places World 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it 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 World, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 20.92 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 20.38 kcal/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 20.33 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 20.42 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 20.9 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 19.23 kcal/cap/d | -8.0% |
| 2016 | 18.62 kcal/cap/d | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 18.77 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 18.61 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 17.96 kcal/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 17.4 kcal/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 17.65 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 17.2 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 16.85 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 19.61 kcal/cap/d | 17.96 kcal/cap/d | 20.92 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.27 kcal/cap/d | 16.85 kcal/cap/d | 17.65 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
- 7 Cuba 96.03 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Madagascar 89.51 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Uganda 87.51 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 Uruguay 51.54 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Guinea 49.89 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Viet Nam 9.17 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in World?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in World was 16.85 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 20.92 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.85 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does World rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- World ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.