Sweet potatoes — Food in India
India: Sweet potatoes — Food was 1,030 1000 t in 2023. ▬ Flat
Sweet potatoes — Food in India, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
India recorded 1,030 1000 t for sweet potatoes — food in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and down 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food in India peaked at 1,333 1000 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 928 1000 t, in 2021.
That places India 11th out of 176 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
Sweet potatoes — Food in India, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 974 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 996 1000 t | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 1,017 1000 t | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 1,040 1000 t | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 967 1000 t | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 1,091 1000 t | +12.8% |
| 2016 | 1,292 1000 t | +18.4% |
| 2017 | 1,298 1000 t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 1,333 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 1,027 1000 t | -23.0% |
| 2020 | 931 1000 t | -9.3% |
| 2021 | 928 1000 t | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,008 1000 t | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 1,030 1000 t | +2.2% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 1,030 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 21 1000 t, 49.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- India's 1,030 1000 t is above the median for South Asia, which is 21 1000 t, 49.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,104 1000 t | 967 1000 t | 1,333 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 974.25 1000 t | 928 1000 t | 1,030 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food in India?
- Sweet potatoes — food in India was 1,030 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1,333 1000 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 928 1000 t in 2021.
- How does India rank for sweet potatoes — food?
- India ranks 11th out of 176 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this India 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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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.