Sweet potatoes — Losses in Africa
Africa: Sweet potatoes — Losses was 2,846 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Losses in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — losses in Africa stood at 2,846 1000 t.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — losses in Africa peaked at 2,945 1000 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,947 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Africa 3rd out of 27 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Losses in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,947 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 2,054 1000 t | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 2,173 1000 t | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 2,365 1000 t | +8.8% |
| 2014 | 2,646 1000 t | +11.9% |
| 2015 | 2,626 1000 t | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 2,727 1000 t | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 2,945 1000 t | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 2,781 1000 t | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 2,710 1000 t | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 2,854 1000 t | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 2,801 1000 t | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 2,784 1000 t | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 2,846 1000 t | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,497 1000 t | 1,947 1000 t | 2,945 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,821 1000 t | 2,784 1000 t | 2,854 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 China 2,580 1000 t compare
- 2 China, mainland 2,575 1000 t compare
- 3 Nigeria 1,113 1000 t compare
- 4 Malawi 482 1000 t compare
- 5 Madagascar 156 1000 t compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 146 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — losses in Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — losses in Africa was 2,846 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — losses recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,945 1000 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — losses recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,947 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Africa rank for sweet potatoes — losses?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 27 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — losses rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Losses. 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.