Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 77,924 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Southern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food supply in Southern Africa stood at 77,924 million Kcal.
The figure is down 22.1% on the previous year and up 38.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Southern Africa peaked at 100,048 million Kcal in 2022 and was at its lowest, 53,259 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Southern Africa 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 53,259 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 54,209 million Kcal | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 55,195 million Kcal | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 56,192 million Kcal | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 56,875 million Kcal | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 62,113 million Kcal | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 56,563 million Kcal | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 66,709 million Kcal | +17.9% |
| 2018 | 76,575 million Kcal | +14.8% |
| 2019 | 79,338 million Kcal | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 77,834 million Kcal | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 76,172 million Kcal | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 100,048 million Kcal | +31.3% |
| 2023 | 77,924 million Kcal | -22.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 61,703 million Kcal | 53,259 million Kcal | 79,338 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 82,995 million Kcal | 76,172 million Kcal | 100,048 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 15 Micronesia 2,816 million Kcal compare
- 15 Cameroon 459,862 million Kcal compare
- 16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,797 million Kcal compare
- 16 Cuba 392,685 million Kcal compare
- 17 Republic of Moldova 142.27 million Kcal compare
- 17 Mozambique 383,362 million Kcal compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 2.48 million Kcal compare
- 18 Brazil 326,738 million Kcal compare
- 19 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 million Kcal compare
- 19 Bangladesh 275,082 million Kcal compare
- 20 Guinea 262,328 million Kcal compare
- 21 Côte d'Ivoire 49,893 million Kcal compare
- 21 Republic of Korea 247,208 million Kcal compare
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- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -1.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -6.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 3.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.8166 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Southern Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Southern Africa was 77,924 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 100,048 million Kcal in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 53,259 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Southern Africa rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Southern Africa ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.