Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Australia
Australia: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 75,319 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Australia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Australia recorded 75,319 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 3.0% on the previous year and up 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Australia peaked at 75,319 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 42,672 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Australia 34th out of 156 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 42,672 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 48,622 million Kcal | +13.9% |
| 2012 | 55,733 million Kcal | +14.6% |
| 2013 | 55,505 million Kcal | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 62,892 million Kcal | +13.3% |
| 2015 | 50,895 million Kcal | -19.1% |
| 2016 | 58,406 million Kcal | +14.8% |
| 2017 | 59,100 million Kcal | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 58,395 million Kcal | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 62,284 million Kcal | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 62,518 million Kcal | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 63,291 million Kcal | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 73,123 million Kcal | +15.5% |
| 2023 | 75,319 million Kcal | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 55,450 million Kcal | 42,672 million Kcal | 62,892 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,563 million Kcal | 62,518 million Kcal | 75,319 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 31 Burkina Faso 97,719 million Kcal compare
- 32 Australia and New Zealand 85,689 million Kcal compare
- 33 China, Taiwan Province of 81,206 million Kcal compare
- 35 South Africa 66,599 million Kcal compare
- 36 Haiti 64,657 million Kcal compare
- 37 Uruguay 63,736 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Australia?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Australia was 75,319 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?
- The highest recorded value was 75,319 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,672 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Australia rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Australia ranks 34th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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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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.