Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in United Republic of Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania: Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity was 22.45 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in United Republic of Tanzania, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in United Republic of Tanzania is 22.45 kg/cap, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and down 49.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 63.35 kg/cap in 2017 and was at its lowest, 21.61 kg/cap, in 2022.
That places United Republic of Tanzania 14th out of 176 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 United Republic of Tanzania, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 43.5 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 43.98 kg/cap | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 44.2 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 44.55 kg/cap | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 44.83 kg/cap | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 45.05 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 45.2 kg/cap | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 63.35 kg/cap | +40.2% |
| 2018 | 55.62 kg/cap | -12.2% |
| 2019 | 46.34 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2020 | 49.32 kg/cap | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 50.42 kg/cap | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 21.61 kg/cap | -57.1% |
| 2023 | 22.45 kg/cap | +3.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in United Republic of Tanzania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -57.1% | 50.42 kg/cap | 21.61 kg/cap |
| 2017 | +40.2% | 45.2 kg/cap | 63.35 kg/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 47.66 kg/cap | 43.5 kg/cap | 63.35 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.95 kg/cap | 21.61 kg/cap | 50.42 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near United Republic of Tanzania
- 11 Tonga 27.57 kg/cap compare
- 12 Micronesia (Federated States of) 25.36 kg/cap compare
- 13 Sierra Leone 24.28 kg/cap compare
- 15 Uruguay 19.21 kg/cap compare
- 16 Guinea 18.59 kg/cap compare
- 17 China, mainland 17.56 kg/cap compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in United Republic of Tanzania was 22.45 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 United Republic of Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 63.35 kg/cap in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply quantity recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.61 kg/cap in 2022.
- How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity?
- United Republic of Tanzania ranks 14th out of 176 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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.