Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Italy
Italy: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 20,668 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Italy, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Italy recorded 20,668 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 41.0% on the previous year and up 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Italy peaked at 20,668 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,507 million Kcal, in 2019.
Italy ranks 48th of 156 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 16,245 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 16,746 million Kcal | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 12,934 million Kcal | -22.8% |
| 2013 | 15,183 million Kcal | +17.4% |
| 2014 | 15,087 million Kcal | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 14,247 million Kcal | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 14,627 million Kcal | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 13,694 million Kcal | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 14,373 million Kcal | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 10,507 million Kcal | -26.9% |
| 2020 | 13,128 million Kcal | +24.9% |
| 2021 | 16,290 million Kcal | +24.1% |
| 2022 | 14,656 million Kcal | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 20,668 million Kcal | +41.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14,364 million Kcal | 10,507 million Kcal | 16,746 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,185 million Kcal | 13,128 million Kcal | 20,668 million Kcal | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.07 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.07 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Italy?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Italy was 20,668 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 20,668 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,507 million Kcal in 2019.
- How does Italy rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Italy ranks 48th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.