Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Jamaica
Jamaica: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 39,312 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica is 39,312 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 21.4% on the previous year and up 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Jamaica peaked at 50,671 million Kcal in 2021 and was at its lowest, 28,791 million Kcal, in 2017.
Jamaica ranks 43rd 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 Jamaica, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 31,857 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 32,070 million Kcal | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 32,215 million Kcal | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 32,401 million Kcal | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 33,454 million Kcal | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 31,978 million Kcal | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 32,912 million Kcal | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 28,791 million Kcal | -12.5% |
| 2018 | 31,132 million Kcal | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 29,609 million Kcal | -4.9% |
| 2020 | 44,048 million Kcal | +48.8% |
| 2021 | 50,671 million Kcal | +15.0% |
| 2022 | 50,042 million Kcal | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 39,312 million Kcal | -21.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 31,642 million Kcal | 28,791 million Kcal | 33,454 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,018 million Kcal | 39,312 million Kcal | 50,671 million Kcal | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Jamaica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0874 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 699.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4057 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Jamaica?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Jamaica was 39,312 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 50,671 million Kcal in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,791 million Kcal in 2017.
- How does Jamaica rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Jamaica ranks 43rd out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.