Sweet potatoes — Food supply in United States
United States: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 906,011 million Kcal in 2023. ▬ Flat
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in United States, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food supply in United States stood at 906,011 million Kcal. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.3% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in United States peaked at 1.36 million million Kcal in 2019 and was at its lowest, 906,011 million Kcal, in 2023.
That places United States 12th out of 183 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in United States, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 962,183 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 1.10 million million Kcal | +14.5% |
| 2012 | 1.16 million million Kcal | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 1.04 million million Kcal | -10.4% |
| 2014 | 1.11 million million Kcal | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 1.21 million million Kcal | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 1.22 million million Kcal | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.22 million million Kcal | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.28 million million Kcal | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 1.36 million million Kcal | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 1.24 million million Kcal | -8.9% |
| 2021 | 1.15 million million Kcal | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 1.07 million million Kcal | -7.4% |
| 2023 | 906,011 million Kcal | -15.3% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 906,011 million Kcal is above the median for high income countries, which is 998.67 million Kcal, 907.2× the median. (52 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.17 million million Kcal | 962,183 million Kcal | 1.36 million million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 million million Kcal | 906,011 million Kcal | 1.24 million million Kcal | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for United States
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.96 % change on previous year (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0094 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 673.66 current US$ per person (2021)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.1831 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1981 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2021)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2021)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in United States?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in United States was 906,011 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 1.36 million million Kcal in 2019.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 906,011 million Kcal in 2023.
- How does United States rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- United States ranks 12th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United States 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.