Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Australia
Australia: Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity was 2.91 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Australia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Australia recorded 2.91 kg/cap for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Australia peaked at 2.91 kg/cap in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.97 kg/cap, in 2010.
Australia ranks 43rd 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, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1.97 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 2.21 kg/cap | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 2.49 kg/cap | +12.7% |
| 2013 | 2.44 kg/cap | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 2.72 kg/cap | +11.5% |
| 2015 | 2.17 kg/cap | -20.2% |
| 2016 | 2.45 kg/cap | +12.9% |
| 2017 | 2.44 kg/cap | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 2.37 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 2.5 kg/cap | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 2.48 kg/cap | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 2.49 kg/cap | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 2.85 kg/cap | +14.5% |
| 2023 | 2.91 kg/cap | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.38 kg/cap | 1.97 kg/cap | 2.72 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.68 kg/cap | 2.48 kg/cap | 2.91 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 40 China, Taiwan Province of 3.56 kg/cap compare
- 41 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.41 kg/cap compare
- 41 Ghana 3.41 kg/cap compare
- 44 Antigua and Barbuda 2.79 kg/cap compare
- 45 Australia and New Zealand 2.76 kg/cap compare
- 46 Bahamas 2.66 kg/cap compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Australia?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Australia was 2.91 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?
- The highest recorded value was 2.91 kg/cap in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply quantity recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.97 kg/cap in 2010.
- How does Australia rank for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity?
- Australia ranks 43rd out of 150 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.