Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity was 13.57 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Middle Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Middle Africa stood at 13.57 kg/cap. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Middle Africa peaked at 13.57 kg/cap in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9.3 kg/cap, in 2010.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9.3 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 10.41 kg/cap | +11.9% |
| 2012 | 11.14 kg/cap | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 11.41 kg/cap | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 12.29 kg/cap | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 12.12 kg/cap | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 12.09 kg/cap | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 11.79 kg/cap | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 11.68 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 13.23 kg/cap | +13.3% |
| 2020 | 12.48 kg/cap | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 13.14 kg/cap | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 13.48 kg/cap | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 13.57 kg/cap | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.55 kg/cap | 9.3 kg/cap | 13.23 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.17 kg/cap | 12.48 kg/cap | 13.57 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 2 Micronesia (Federated States of) 25.36 kg/cap compare
- 2 Rwanda 80.27 kg/cap compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Middle Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Middle Africa was 13.57 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 13.57 kg/cap in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply quantity recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3 kg/cap in 2010.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity?
- Middle Africa ranks 5th out of 18 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle 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.