Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity was 2.76 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Australia and New Zealand, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 2.76 kg/cap for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 2.76 kg/cap in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.09 kg/cap, in 2010.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 45th of 150 countries on this measure, 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 quantity in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2.09 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 2.27 kg/cap | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 2.48 kg/cap | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 2.44 kg/cap | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 2.7 kg/cap | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 2.21 kg/cap | -18.1% |
| 2016 | 2.42 kg/cap | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 2.38 kg/cap | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 2.3 kg/cap | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 2.43 kg/cap | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 2.39 kg/cap | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 2.41 kg/cap | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 2.69 kg/cap | +11.6% |
| 2023 | 2.76 kg/cap | +2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.37 kg/cap | 2.09 kg/cap | 2.7 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.56 kg/cap | 2.39 kg/cap | 2.76 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 43 Australia 2.91 kg/cap compare
- 44 Antigua and Barbuda 2.79 kg/cap compare
- 46 Bahamas 2.66 kg/cap compare
- 47 Senegal 2.64 kg/cap compare
- 48 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.57 kg/cap compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Australia and New Zealand?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Australia and New Zealand was 2.76 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 2.76 kg/cap in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply quantity recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.09 kg/cap in 2010.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 45th out of 150 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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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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.