Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Northern America
Northern America: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 934,859 million Kcal in 2023. ▬ Flat
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Northern America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 934,859 million Kcal for sweet potatoes — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.1% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Northern America peaked at 1.39 million million Kcal in 2019 and was at its lowest, 934,859 million Kcal, in 2023.
Northern America ranks 12th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Northern America, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1.01 million million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 1.15 million million Kcal | +13.9% |
| 2012 | 1.20 million million Kcal | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 1.08 million million Kcal | -10.1% |
| 2014 | 1.16 million million Kcal | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 1.25 million million Kcal | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 1.26 million million Kcal | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1.25 million million Kcal | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.32 million million Kcal | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 1.39 million million Kcal | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 1.27 million million Kcal | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 1.19 million million Kcal | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 1.10 million million Kcal | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 934,859 million Kcal | -15.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.21 million million Kcal | 1.01 million million Kcal | 1.39 million million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.13 million million Kcal | 934,859 million Kcal | 1.27 million million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 330,694 million Kcal compare
- 9 Madagascar 1.02 million million Kcal compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 71,868 million Kcal compare
- 10 India 1.01 million million Kcal compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20,427 million Kcal compare
- 11 Malawi 751,188 million Kcal compare
- 12 Papua New Guinea 611,652 million Kcal compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,277 million Kcal compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 4,100 million Kcal compare
- 13 Kenya 527,330 million Kcal compare
- 14 Polynesia 2,824 million Kcal compare
- 14 Philippines 485,320 million Kcal compare
- 15 Micronesia 2,816 million Kcal compare
- 15 Cameroon 459,862 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate -3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 2.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 4.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -6.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 3.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -2.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.58 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Northern America?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Northern America was 934,859 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.39 million million Kcal in 2019.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 934,859 million Kcal in 2023.
- How does Northern America rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Northern America ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Northern America 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.