Sweet potatoes — Food supply in South Africa
South Africa: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 66,599 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in South 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 South Africa is 66,599 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 17.1% on the previous year and up 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in South Africa peaked at 80,311 million Kcal in 2022 and was at its lowest, 50,581 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places South Africa 35th out of 156 countries 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 South Africa, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 50,581 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 51,358 million Kcal | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 52,177 million Kcal | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 53,021 million Kcal | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 53,867 million Kcal | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 58,764 million Kcal | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 53,295 million Kcal | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 63,661 million Kcal | +19.5% |
| 2018 | 73,455 million Kcal | +15.4% |
| 2019 | 73,455 million Kcal | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 74,434 million Kcal | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 71,496 million Kcal | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 80,311 million Kcal | +12.3% |
| 2023 | 66,599 million Kcal | -17.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 58,363 million Kcal | 50,581 million Kcal | 73,455 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,210 million Kcal | 66,599 million Kcal | 80,311 million Kcal | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in South Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in South Africa was 66,599 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 80,311 million Kcal in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,581 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does South Africa rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- South Africa ranks 35th out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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.