Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Africa
Africa: Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity was 11.68 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Africa is 11.68 kg/cap, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Africa peaked at 14.62 kg/cap in 2014 and was at its lowest, 11.67 kg/cap, in 2022.
Africa ranks 6th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13.43 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 13.16 kg/cap | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 13.02 kg/cap | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 13.54 kg/cap | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 14.62 kg/cap | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 13.31 kg/cap | -9.0% |
| 2016 | 13.16 kg/cap | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 13.97 kg/cap | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 12.93 kg/cap | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 12.63 kg/cap | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 12.7 kg/cap | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 12.58 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 11.67 kg/cap | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 11.68 kg/cap | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.38 kg/cap | 12.63 kg/cap | 14.62 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.16 kg/cap | 11.67 kg/cap | 12.7 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 3 Papua New Guinea 60.11 kg/cap compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 22.45 kg/cap compare
- 4 Angola 41.46 kg/cap compare
- 5 Vanuatu 36.92 kg/cap compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 13.02 kg/cap compare
- 6 Malawi 36.34 kg/cap compare
- 7 Cuba 35.79 kg/cap compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.57 kg/cap compare
- 8 Madagascar 33.36 kg/cap compare
- 9 Micronesia 9.17 kg/cap compare
- 9 Uganda 32.61 kg/cap compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Africa was 11.68 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply quantity recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 14.62 kg/cap in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply quantity recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.67 kg/cap in 2022.
- How does Africa rank for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.