Sweet potatoes — Food in Uganda
Uganda: Sweet potatoes — Food was 1,587 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food in Uganda, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — food in Uganda stood at 1,587 1000 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.5% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food in Uganda peaked at 1,981 1000 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,028 1000 t, in 2019.
Uganda ranks 4th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food in Uganda, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,917 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,733 1000 t | -9.6% |
| 2012 | 1,787 1000 t | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 1,749 1000 t | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 1,746 1000 t | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,981 1000 t | +13.5% |
| 2016 | 1,850 1000 t | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 1,868 1000 t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 1,435 1000 t | -23.2% |
| 2019 | 1,028 1000 t | -28.4% |
| 2020 | 1,125 1000 t | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 1,224 1000 t | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 1,476 1000 t | +20.6% |
| 2023 | 1,587 1000 t | +7.5% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 1,587 1000 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 176.5 1000 t, 9.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 1,587 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 84 1000 t, 18.9× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,709 1000 t | 1,028 1000 t | 1,981 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,353 1000 t | 1,125 1000 t | 1,587 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food in Uganda?
- Sweet potatoes — food in Uganda was 1,587 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 1,981 1000 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,028 1000 t in 2019.
- How does Uganda rank for sweet potatoes — food?
- Uganda ranks 4th out of 176 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.