Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Central America
Central America: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 46,234 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Central America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — food supply in Central America is 46,234 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 20.8% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Central America peaked at 52,792 million Kcal in 2020 and was at its lowest, 36,956 million Kcal, in 2014.
Central America ranks 22nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Central America, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 45,509 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 37,453 million Kcal | -17.7% |
| 2012 | 38,061 million Kcal | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 38,568 million Kcal | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 36,956 million Kcal | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 40,900 million Kcal | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 41,530 million Kcal | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 42,056 million Kcal | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 42,584 million Kcal | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 41,416 million Kcal | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 52,792 million Kcal | +27.5% |
| 2021 | 46,769 million Kcal | -11.4% |
| 2022 | 38,285 million Kcal | -18.1% |
| 2023 | 46,234 million Kcal | +20.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 40,503 million Kcal | 36,956 million Kcal | 45,509 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,020 million Kcal | 38,285 million Kcal | 52,792 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 19 Bangladesh 275,082 million Kcal compare
- 20 Guinea 262,328 million Kcal compare
- 21 Republic of Korea 247,208 million Kcal compare
- 22 Peru 221,768 million Kcal compare
- 23 Zimbabwe 202,986 million Kcal compare
- 24 Sierra Leone 201,204 million Kcal compare
- 25 Egypt 194,548 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
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- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -5.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2408 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.66 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Central America?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Central America was 46,234 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 52,792 million Kcal in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,956 million Kcal in 2014.
- How does Central America rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Central America ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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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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.