Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in China
China: Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity was 17.24 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in China stood at 17.24 kg/cap.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in China peaked at 22.89 kg/cap in 2010 and was at its lowest, 16.96 kg/cap, in 2020.
China ranks 15th of 150 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in China, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 22.89 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 21.97 kg/cap | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 21.79 kg/cap | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 21.61 kg/cap | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 21.46 kg/cap | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 19.23 kg/cap | -10.4% |
| 2016 | 18.13 kg/cap | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 18.04 kg/cap | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 18.5 kg/cap | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 17.99 kg/cap | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 16.96 kg/cap | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 17.65 kg/cap | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 17.33 kg/cap | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 17.24 kg/cap | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20.16 kg/cap | 17.99 kg/cap | 22.89 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.29 kg/cap | 16.96 kg/cap | 17.65 kg/cap | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in China?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in China was 17.24 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 22.89 kg/cap in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply quantity recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.96 kg/cap in 2020.
- How does China rank for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity?
- China ranks 15th out of 150 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China 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.