Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Uruguay
Uruguay: Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity was 19.21 kg/cap in 2023. ▬ Flat
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Uruguay, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 19.21 kg/cap for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Uruguay peaked at 19.21 kg/cap in 2023 and was at its lowest, 17.25 kg/cap, in 2015.
Uruguay ranks 12th of 150 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply quantity in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18.5 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 18.34 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 18.23 kg/cap | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 18.08 kg/cap | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 17.77 kg/cap | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 17.25 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 18.88 kg/cap | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 18.27 kg/cap | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 18.32 kg/cap | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 18.03 kg/cap | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 18.52 kg/cap | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 18.45 kg/cap | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 18.97 kg/cap | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 19.21 kg/cap | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.17 kg/cap | 17.25 kg/cap | 18.88 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.79 kg/cap | 18.45 kg/cap | 19.21 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 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
- 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 China 17.24 kg/cap compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uruguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0638 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,609 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0435 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Uruguay?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply quantity in Uruguay was 19.21 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 19.21 kg/cap in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply quantity recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.25 kg/cap in 2015.
- How does Uruguay rank for sweet potatoes — food supply quantity?
- Uruguay ranks 12th out of 150 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply quantity rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.