Sweet potatoes — Food supply in East Timor
East Timor: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 4,100 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in East Timor, 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 East Timor is 4,100 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in East Timor peaked at 8,420 million Kcal in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4,038 million Kcal, in 2022.
East Timor ranks 81st of 183 countries on this measure, 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 East Timor, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,365 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 8,420 million Kcal | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 7,904 million Kcal | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 6,255 million Kcal | -20.9% |
| 2014 | 7,546 million Kcal | +20.6% |
| 2015 | 7,245 million Kcal | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 7,015 million Kcal | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 7,276 million Kcal | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 7,143 million Kcal | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 5,111 million Kcal | -28.4% |
| 2020 | 5,024 million Kcal | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 4,395 million Kcal | -12.5% |
| 2022 | 4,038 million Kcal | -8.1% |
| 2023 | 4,100 million Kcal | +1.5% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 4,100 million Kcal is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20,524 million Kcal, 20% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 4,100 million Kcal is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 11,900 million Kcal, 34% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7,228 million Kcal | 5,111 million Kcal | 8,420 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,389 million Kcal | 4,038 million Kcal | 5,024 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More agriculture & rural data for East Timor
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2016 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 268.53 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7121 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in East Timor?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in East Timor was 4,100 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 8,420 million Kcal in 2011.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,038 million Kcal in 2022.
- How does East Timor rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- East Timor ranks 81st out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor 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.