Sweet potatoes — Food supply in South America
South America: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 800,722 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
South America recorded 800,722 million Kcal for sweet potatoes — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in South America peaked at 918,787 million Kcal in 2014 and was at its lowest, 765,663 million Kcal, in 2020.
That places South America 15th out of 29 groups 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 South America, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 843,518 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 859,493 million Kcal | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 864,780 million Kcal | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 865,638 million Kcal | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 918,787 million Kcal | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 865,786 million Kcal | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 873,530 million Kcal | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 857,937 million Kcal | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 867,938 million Kcal | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 788,149 million Kcal | -9.2% |
| 2020 | 765,663 million Kcal | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 808,295 million Kcal | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 778,563 million Kcal | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 800,722 million Kcal | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 860,556 million Kcal | 788,149 million Kcal | 918,787 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 788,311 million Kcal | 765,663 million Kcal | 808,295 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 12 Papua New Guinea 611,652 million Kcal compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 4,100 million Kcal compare
- 13 Kenya 527,330 million Kcal compare
- 14 Philippines 485,320 million Kcal compare
- 15 Cameroon 459,862 million Kcal compare
- 16 Cuba 392,685 million Kcal compare
- 17 Mozambique 383,362 million Kcal compare
- 18 Brazil 326,738 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 0.6874 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.4003 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1424 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in South America?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in South America was 800,722 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 America?
- The highest recorded value was 918,787 million Kcal in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 765,663 million Kcal in 2020.
- How does South America rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- South America ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South 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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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.