Sweet potatoes — Food in Northern America

Northern America: Sweet potatoes — Food was 869 1000 t in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
869 1000 t
Change on year
down 13.4%
Rank
12th
of 29 groups
All-time high
1,208 1000 t
in 2019
All-time low
869 1000 t
in 2023
Years of data
14
2010–2023

Sweet potatoes — Food in Northern America, 2010–2023

02505007501.0k1.2k2010201620232010: 937 1000 t2011: 1.1k 1000 t2012: 1.0k 1000 t2013: 937 1000 t2014: 1.0k 1000 t2015: 1.0k 1000 t2016: 1.0k 1000 t2017: 1.0k 1000 t2018: 1.0k 1000 t2019: 1.2k 1000 t2020: 1.0k 1000 t2021: 1.0k 1000 t2022: 1.0k 1000 t2023: 869 1000 t

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.

Analysis

The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — food in Northern America is 869 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.

That represents a change of down 13.4% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food in Northern America peaked at 1,208 1000 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 869 1000 t, in 2023.

Northern America ranks 12th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Sweet potatoes — Food in Northern America, year by year

Annual values for Sweet potatoes — Food in Northern America, 2010 to 2023.
Year 1000 t Change
2010 937 1000 t
2011 1,061 1000 t +13.2%
2012 1,034 1000 t -2.5%
2013 937 1000 t -9.4%
2014 1,024 1000 t +9.3%
2015 1,020 1000 t -0.4%
2016 1,018 1000 t -0.2%
2017 1,018 1000 t +0.0%
2018 1,018 1000 t +0.0%
2019 1,208 1000 t +18.7%
2020 1,018 1000 t -15.7%
2021 1,046 1000 t +2.8%
2022 1,003 1000 t -4.1%
2023 869 1000 t -13.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 1,028 1000 t 937 1000 t 1,208 1000 t 10
2020s 984 1000 t 869 1000 t 1,046 1000 t 4

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 9 Madagascar 1,041 1000 t compare
  2. 10 India 1,030 1000 t compare
  3. 11 Malawi 767 1000 t compare
  4. 12 Papua New Guinea 625 1000 t compare
  5. 13 Kenya 538 1000 t compare
  6. 14 Philippines 496 1000 t compare
  7. 15 Cameroon 470 1000 t compare

See the full ranking of 197 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sweet potatoes — food in Northern America?
Sweet potatoes — food in Northern America was 869 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 1,208 1000 t in 2019.
What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 869 1000 t in 2023.
How does Northern America rank for sweet potatoes — food?
Northern America ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
Is sweet potatoes — food rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Northern America 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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Indicator
Sweet potatoes — Food
Unit
1000 t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
197 places, 2,605 data points, 2010–2023
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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.