Sweet potatoes — Food in South America
South America: Sweet potatoes — Food was 818 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food in South America stood at 818 1000 t.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food in South America peaked at 938 1000 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 782 1000 t, in 2020.
That places South America 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food in South America, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 861 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 877 1000 t | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 883 1000 t | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 884 1000 t | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 938 1000 t | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 884 1000 t | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 892 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 876 1000 t | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 886 1000 t | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 805 1000 t | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 782 1000 t | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 825 1000 t | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 795 1000 t | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 818 1000 t | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 878.6 1000 t | 805 1000 t | 938 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 805 1000 t | 782 1000 t | 825 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 12 Papua New Guinea 625 1000 t compare
- 13 Kenya 538 1000 t compare
- 14 Philippines 496 1000 t compare
- 15 Cameroon 470 1000 t compare
- 16 Cuba 401 1000 t compare
- 17 Mozambique 391 1000 t compare
- 18 Brazil 334 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3049 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 4.58 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food in South America?
- Sweet potatoes — food in South America was 818 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 938 1000 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 782 1000 t in 2020.
- How does South America rank for sweet potatoes — food?
- South America ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South 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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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.