Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Caribbean
Caribbean: Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity was 9.79 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Caribbean, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Caribbean stood at 9.79 kg/cap. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 8.8% on the previous year and down 52.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Caribbean peaked at 24.42 kg/cap in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9.79 kg/cap, in 2023.
Caribbean ranks 8th 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 Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19.01 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 17.67 kg/cap | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 19.17 kg/cap | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 20.52 kg/cap | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 24.42 kg/cap | +19.0% |
| 2015 | 21.46 kg/cap | -12.1% |
| 2016 | 19.16 kg/cap | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 16.6 kg/cap | -13.4% |
| 2018 | 15.74 kg/cap | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 13.62 kg/cap | -13.5% |
| 2020 | 10.96 kg/cap | -19.5% |
| 2021 | 11.03 kg/cap | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 10.73 kg/cap | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 9.79 kg/cap | -8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.74 kg/cap | 13.62 kg/cap | 24.42 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.63 kg/cap | 9.79 kg/cap | 11.03 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 5 Vanuatu 36.92 kg/cap compare
- 6 Malawi 36.34 kg/cap compare
- 7 Cuba 35.79 kg/cap compare
- 8 Madagascar 33.36 kg/cap compare
- 9 Uganda 32.61 kg/cap compare
- 10 Tonga 27.57 kg/cap compare
- 11 Cabo Verde 3.81 kg/cap compare
- 11 Sierra Leone 24.28 kg/cap compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.35 kg/cap compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 5.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -3.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -1.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 3.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -0.8902 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate -0.6492 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -20.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 35.08 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Caribbean?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Caribbean was 9.79 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 24.42 kg/cap in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply quantity recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.79 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Caribbean rank for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity?
- Caribbean ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.