Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 85,689 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
85,689 million Kcal
Change on year
up 3.6%
World rank
32nd
of 156 countries
All-time high
85,689 million Kcal
in 2023
All-time low
54,356 million Kcal
in 2010
Years of data
14
2010–2023

Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Australia and New Zealand, 2010–2023

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k2010201620232010: 54.4k million Kcal2011: 59.7k million Kcal2012: 66.4k million Kcal2013: 66.3k million Kcal2014: 74.4k million Kcal2015: 62.0k million Kcal2016: 69.0k million Kcal2017: 68.9k million Kcal2018: 67.7k million Kcal2019: 72.6k million Kcal2020: 72.4k million Kcal2021: 73.5k million Kcal2022: 82.7k million Kcal2023: 85.7k million Kcal

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.

Analysis

Australia and New Zealand recorded 85,689 million Kcal for sweet potatoes — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 29.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 85,689 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 54,356 million Kcal, in 2010.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 32nd of 156 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Australia and New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Sweet potatoes — Food supply (kcal) in Australia and New Zealand, 2010 to 2023.
Year million Kcal Change
2010 54,356 million Kcal
2011 59,688 million Kcal +9.8%
2012 66,414 million Kcal +11.3%
2013 66,317 million Kcal -0.1%
2014 74,428 million Kcal +12.2%
2015 61,996 million Kcal -16.7%
2016 68,986 million Kcal +11.3%
2017 68,897 million Kcal -0.1%
2018 67,747 million Kcal -1.7%
2019 72,566 million Kcal +7.1%
2020 72,383 million Kcal -0.3%
2021 73,518 million Kcal +1.6%
2022 82,710 million Kcal +12.5%
2023 85,689 million Kcal +3.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 66,140 million Kcal 54,356 million Kcal 74,428 million Kcal 10
2020s 78,575 million Kcal 72,383 million Kcal 85,689 million Kcal 4

Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand

  1. 29 Solomon Islands 107,935 million Kcal compare
  2. 30 Argentina 107,663 million Kcal compare
  3. 31 Burkina Faso 97,719 million Kcal compare
  4. 33 China, Taiwan Province of 81,206 million Kcal compare
  5. 34 Australia 75,319 million Kcal compare
  6. 35 South Africa 66,599 million Kcal compare

See the full ranking of 204 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Australia and New Zealand?
Sweet potatoes — food supply in Australia and New Zealand was 85,689 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 85,689 million Kcal in 2023.
What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 54,356 million Kcal in 2010.
How does Australia and New Zealand rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 32nd out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Sweet potatoes — Food supply (kcal)
Unit
million Kcal
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
204 places, 2,692 data points, 2010–2023
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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.