Sweet potatoes — Food in Canada
Canada: Sweet potatoes — Food was 29 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food in Canada, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food in Canada stood at 29 1000 t.
The figure is down 12.1% on the previous year and down 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food in Canada peaked at 52 1000 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 25 1000 t, in 2019.
Canada ranks 53rd of 166 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 42.2 1000 t | 25 1000 t | 52 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.25 1000 t | 29 1000 t | 39 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture share gdp 1.93 (2022)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.93 (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 17.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 7.13 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 42.53 billion current US$ (2022)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 27,780 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food in Canada?
- Sweet potatoes — food in Canada was 29 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 52 1000 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 25 1000 t in 2019.
- How does Canada rank for sweet potatoes — food?
- Canada ranks 53rd out of 166 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada 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.