Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Uruguay
Uruguay: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 63,736 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Uruguay, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 63,736 million Kcal for sweet potatoes — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Uruguay peaked at 63,736 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 56,906 million Kcal, in 2015.
That places Uruguay 47th out of 183 countries 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 Uruguay, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 60,136 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 59,742 million Kcal | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 59,542 million Kcal | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 59,226 million Kcal | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 58,429 million Kcal | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 56,906 million Kcal | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 62,496 million Kcal | +9.8% |
| 2017 | 60,618 million Kcal | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 60,912 million Kcal | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 59,981 million Kcal | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 61,650 million Kcal | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 61,366 million Kcal | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 63,015 million Kcal | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 63,736 million Kcal | +1.1% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 63,736 million Kcal is above the median for high income countries, which is 998.67 million Kcal, 63.8× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 63,736 million Kcal is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 985.24 million Kcal, 64.7× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 59,799 million Kcal | 56,906 million Kcal | 62,496 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,442 million Kcal | 61,366 million Kcal | 63,736 million Kcal | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Uruguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0638 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,609 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0435 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Uruguay?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Uruguay was 63,736 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 63,736 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,906 million Kcal in 2015.
- How does Uruguay rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Uruguay ranks 47th out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.