Sweet potatoes — Food in Mexico
Mexico: Sweet potatoes — Food was 45 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food in Mexico, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 45 1000 t for sweet potatoes — food in 2023.
The figure is up 21.6% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food in Mexico peaked at 46 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 37 1000 t, in 2011.
Mexico ranks 53rd of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food in Mexico, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 45 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 37 1000 t | -17.8% |
| 2012 | 38 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 38 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 37 1000 t | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 41 1000 t | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 41 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 42 1000 t | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 42 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 41 1000 t | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 40 1000 t | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 46 1000 t | +15.0% |
| 2022 | 37 1000 t | -19.6% |
| 2023 | 45 1000 t | +21.6% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 45 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1 1000 t, 45.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 45 1000 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1 1000 t, 45.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 40.2 1000 t | 37 1000 t | 45 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 42 1000 t | 37 1000 t | 46 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food in Mexico?
- Sweet potatoes — food in Mexico was 45 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 46 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 37 1000 t in 2011.
- How does Mexico rank for sweet potatoes — food?
- Mexico ranks 53rd out of 176 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.