Sweet potatoes — Food in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Sweet potatoes — Food was 1,373 1000 t in 2023. ▬ Flat
Sweet potatoes — Food in Southern Asia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — food in Southern Asia is 1,373 1000 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food in Southern Asia peaked at 1,604 1000 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,205 1000 t, in 2020.
That places Southern Asia 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Sweet potatoes — Food in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,282 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,276 1000 t | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 1,299 1000 t | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 1,334 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 1,264 1000 t | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 1,391 1000 t | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 1,601 1000 t | +15.1% |
| 2017 | 1,582 1000 t | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,604 1000 t | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,286 1000 t | -19.8% |
| 2020 | 1,205 1000 t | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 1,241 1000 t | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 1,344 1000 t | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 1,373 1000 t | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,392 1000 t | 1,264 1000 t | 1,604 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,291 1000 t | 1,205 1000 t | 1,373 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 8 Rwanda 1,120 1000 t compare
- 9 Madagascar 1,041 1000 t compare
- 10 India 1,030 1000 t compare
- 11 Malawi 767 1000 t compare
- 12 Papua New Guinea 625 1000 t compare
- 13 Kenya 538 1000 t compare
- 14 Philippines 496 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Asia
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.0964 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.1606 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -0.861 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 32.32 million t (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested 2.45 million ha (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 15.50 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food in Southern Asia?
- Sweet potatoes — food in Southern Asia was 1,373 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,604 1000 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,205 1000 t in 2020.
- How does Southern Asia rank for sweet potatoes — food?
- Southern Asia ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.