Sweet potatoes — Food in World
World: Sweet potatoes — Food was 50,404 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Food in World, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
World recorded 50,404 1000 t for sweet potatoes — food in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food in World peaked at 56,716 1000 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 50,404 1000 t, in 2023.
That places World 1st out of 30 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Food in World, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 53,816 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 53,042 1000 t | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 53,774 1000 t | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 54,715 1000 t | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 56,716 1000 t | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 52,660 1000 t | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 51,537 1000 t | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 52,614 1000 t | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 52,683 1000 t | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 51,594 1000 t | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 50,431 1000 t | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 51,757 1000 t | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 50,885 1000 t | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 50,404 1000 t | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 53,315 1000 t | 51,537 1000 t | 56,716 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,869 1000 t | 50,404 1000 t | 51,757 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food in World?
- Sweet potatoes — food in World was 50,404 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 56,716 1000 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,404 1000 t in 2023.
- How does World rank for sweet potatoes — food?
- World ranks 1st out of 30 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.