Sweet potatoes — Food supply in New Zealand
New Zealand: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 10,370 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in New Zealand, 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 New Zealand is 10,370 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.2% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in New Zealand peaked at 11,684 million Kcal in 2010 and was at its lowest, 9,352 million Kcal, in 2018.
That places New Zealand 58th out of 156 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11,684 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 11,066 million Kcal | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 10,681 million Kcal | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 10,812 million Kcal | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 11,536 million Kcal | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 11,101 million Kcal | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 10,581 million Kcal | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 9,797 million Kcal | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 9,352 million Kcal | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 10,282 million Kcal | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 9,865 million Kcal | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 10,228 million Kcal | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 9,587 million Kcal | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 10,370 million Kcal | +8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10,689 million Kcal | 9,352 million Kcal | 11,684 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,012 million Kcal | 9,587 million Kcal | 10,370 million Kcal | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.16 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in New Zealand?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in New Zealand was 10,370 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 11,684 million Kcal in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,352 million Kcal in 2018.
- How does New Zealand rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- New Zealand ranks 58th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.