Sweet potatoes — Food in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Food was 9,393 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food in Eastern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 9,393 1000 t for sweet potatoes — food in 2023.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food in Eastern Africa peaked at 11,327 1000 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 8,760 1000 t, in 2010.
Eastern Africa ranks 6th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,760 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 8,789 1000 t | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 9,029 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 9,746 1000 t | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 11,124 1000 t | +14.1% |
| 2015 | 9,925 1000 t | -10.8% |
| 2016 | 9,990 1000 t | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 11,327 1000 t | +13.4% |
| 2018 | 10,295 1000 t | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 9,875 1000 t | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 10,228 1000 t | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 10,245 1000 t | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 9,091 1000 t | -11.3% |
| 2023 | 9,393 1000 t | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9,886 1000 t | 8,760 1000 t | 11,327 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,739 1000 t | 9,091 1000 t | 10,245 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
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- Oranges — Area harvested 87,521 ha (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight 3 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Production 135,663 t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 50.84 million An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Yield/Carcass Weight 3 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 69,790 t (2024)
- Oranges — Production 1.05 million t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 25.89 million An (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Production 22.11 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food in Eastern Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — food in Eastern Africa was 9,393 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 11,327 1000 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,760 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for sweet potatoes — food?
- Eastern Africa ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.