Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Northern America
Northern America: Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity was 2.27 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Northern America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Northern America stood at 2.27 kg/cap. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.0% on the previous year and down 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Northern America peaked at 3.22 kg/cap in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.27 kg/cap, in 2023.
Northern America ranks 14th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Northern America, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2.71 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 3.04 kg/cap | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 2.94 kg/cap | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 2.64 kg/cap | -10.2% |
| 2014 | 2.85 kg/cap | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 2.82 kg/cap | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 2.79 kg/cap | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 2.76 kg/cap | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 2.73 kg/cap | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 3.22 kg/cap | +17.9% |
| 2020 | 2.7 kg/cap | -16.1% |
| 2021 | 2.76 kg/cap | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 2.64 kg/cap | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 2.27 kg/cap | -14.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.85 kg/cap | 2.64 kg/cap | 3.22 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.59 kg/cap | 2.27 kg/cap | 2.76 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 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
- 12 Polynesia 4.71 kg/cap compare
- 12 Uruguay 19.21 kg/cap compare
- 13 Guinea 18.59 kg/cap compare
- 13 Viet Nam 3.42 kg/cap compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 3.02 kg/cap compare
- 14 China, mainland 17.56 kg/cap compare
- 15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.74 kg/cap compare
- 15 China 17.24 kg/cap compare
- 16 Cameroon 16.55 kg/cap compare
- 16 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.36 kg/cap compare
- 17 Jamaica 14.13 kg/cap compare
- 17 Republic of Moldova 0.06 kg/cap compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Northern America?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Northern America was 2.27 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 3.22 kg/cap in 2019.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply quantity recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.27 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Northern America rank for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity?
- Northern America ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.