Sweet potatoes — Food in Brazil
Brazil: Sweet potatoes — Food was 334 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food in Brazil, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 334 1000 t for sweet potatoes — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 59.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food in Brazil peaked at 334 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 201 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Brazil 26th out of 176 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food in Brazil, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 201 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 204 1000 t | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 207 1000 t | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 210 1000 t | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 211 1000 t | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 210 1000 t | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 209 1000 t | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 211 1000 t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 213 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 309 1000 t | +45.1% |
| 2020 | 325 1000 t | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 327 1000 t | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 330 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 334 1000 t | +1.2% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 334 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1 1000 t, 334.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 334 1000 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1 1000 t, 334.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Food in Brazil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +45.1% | 213 1000 t | 309 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 218.5 1000 t | 201 1000 t | 309 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 329 1000 t | 325 1000 t | 334 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 23 Viet Nam 343 1000 t compare
- 23 Vietnam 343 1000 t compare
- 25 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 338 1000 t compare
- 27 Bangladesh 281 1000 t compare
- 28 Guinea 268 1000 t compare
- 29 Republic of Korea 252 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food in Brazil?
- Sweet potatoes — food in Brazil was 334 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 334 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 201 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Brazil rank for sweet potatoes — food?
- Brazil ranks 26th out of 176 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Food. 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.