Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 9.20 million million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Eastern Africa, 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 Eastern Africa is 9.20 million million Kcal, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Eastern Africa peaked at 11.09 million million Kcal in 2017 and was at its lowest, 8.58 million million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Eastern Africa 6th out of 29 groups 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8.58 million million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 8.61 million million Kcal | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 8.84 million million Kcal | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 9.55 million million Kcal | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 10.89 million million Kcal | +14.1% |
| 2015 | 9.72 million million Kcal | -10.8% |
| 2016 | 9.78 million million Kcal | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 11.09 million million Kcal | +13.4% |
| 2018 | 10.08 million million Kcal | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 9.67 million million Kcal | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 10.02 million million Kcal | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 10.03 million million Kcal | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 8.90 million million Kcal | -11.3% |
| 2023 | 9.20 million million Kcal | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.68 million million Kcal | 8.58 million million Kcal | 11.09 million million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.54 million million Kcal | 8.90 million million Kcal | 10.03 million million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 3 Nigeria 2.91 million million Kcal compare
- 4 Uganda 1.55 million million Kcal compare
- 5 Angola 1.49 million million Kcal compare
- 6 Indonesia 1.40 million million Kcal compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 554,054 million Kcal compare
- 7 Ethiopia 1.15 million million Kcal compare
- 8 Viet Nam 335,734 million Kcal compare
- 8 Rwanda 1.10 million million Kcal compare
- 9 Madagascar 1.02 million million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 7.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -4.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 10.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 7.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 13.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -4.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0923 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Eastern Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Eastern Africa was 9.20 million million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 11.09 million million Kcal in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.58 million million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Eastern Africa ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.