Sweet potatoes — Import quantity in United States
United States: Sweet potatoes — Import quantity was 45 1000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Import quantity in United States, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
United States recorded 45 1000 t for sweet potatoes — import quantity in 2023.
That represents a change of down 33.8% on the previous year and up 200.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — import quantity in United States peaked at 68 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10 1000 t, in 2010.
That places United States 8th out of 178 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Import quantity in United States, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 11 1000 t | +10.0% |
| 2012 | 12 1000 t | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 15 1000 t | +25.0% |
| 2014 | 16 1000 t | +6.7% |
| 2015 | 20 1000 t | +25.0% |
| 2016 | 13 1000 t | -35.0% |
| 2017 | 12 1000 t | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 14 1000 t | +16.7% |
| 2019 | 14 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12 1000 t | -14.3% |
| 2021 | 41 1000 t | +241.7% |
| 2022 | 68 1000 t | +65.9% |
| 2023 | 45 1000 t | -33.8% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 45 1000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 2 1000 t, 22.5× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Import quantity in United States changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +241.7% | 12 1000 t | 41 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.7 1000 t | 10 1000 t | 20 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.5 1000 t | 12 1000 t | 68 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near United States
More agriculture & rural data for United States
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.96 % change on previous year (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0094 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 673.66 current US$ per person (2021)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.1831 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1981 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2021)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2021)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — import quantity in United States?
- Sweet potatoes — import quantity in United States was 45 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — import quantity recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 68 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — import quantity recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 1000 t in 2010.
- How does United States rank for sweet potatoes — import quantity?
- United States ranks 8th out of 178 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — import quantity rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 200.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United States data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Import quantity. 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.