Sweet potatoes — Food in Western Africa
Western Africa: Sweet potatoes — Food was 4,502 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Food in Western Africa, 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 Western Africa is 4,502 1000 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food in Western Africa peaked at 4,534 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,252 1000 t, in 2011.
That places Western Africa 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,406 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 3,252 1000 t | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 3,312 1000 t | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 3,468 1000 t | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 3,563 1000 t | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 3,584 1000 t | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 3,687 1000 t | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 3,773 1000 t | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 3,842 1000 t | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 3,994 1000 t | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 4,246 1000 t | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 4,375 1000 t | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 4,534 1000 t | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 4,502 1000 t | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,588 1000 t | 3,252 1000 t | 3,994 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,414 1000 t | 4,246 1000 t | 4,534 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 1.02 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food in Western Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — food in Western Africa was 4,502 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4,534 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,252 1000 t in 2011.
- How does Western Africa rank for sweet potatoes — food?
- Western Africa ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.