Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Congo
Congo: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 8,525 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Congo, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food supply in Congo stood at 8,525 million Kcal. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Congo peaked at 8,525 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7,017 million Kcal, in 2010.
Congo ranks 77th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Congo, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,017 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 7,216 million Kcal | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 7,406 million Kcal | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 7,590 million Kcal | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 7,775 million Kcal | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 7,970 million Kcal | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 8,175 million Kcal | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 8,226 million Kcal | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 8,001 million Kcal | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 7,643 million Kcal | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 7,924 million Kcal | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 8,230 million Kcal | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 8,322 million Kcal | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 8,525 million Kcal | +2.4% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 8,525 million Kcal is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20,524 million Kcal, 42% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Congo's 8,525 million Kcal is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 82,159 million Kcal, 10% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7,702 million Kcal | 7,017 million Kcal | 8,226 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,250 million Kcal | 7,924 million Kcal | 8,525 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 74 Mauritania 9,220 million Kcal compare
- 75 United Arab Emirates 9,024 million Kcal compare
- 76 Eswatini 8,897 million Kcal compare
- 78 Poland 5,988 million Kcal compare
- 79 Guyana 4,835 million Kcal compare
- 80 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,277 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 254.21 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3588 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Congo?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Congo was 8,525 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 8,525 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,017 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Congo rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Congo ranks 77th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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.