Sweet potatoes — Losses in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Losses was 1,180 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Losses in Eastern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — losses in Eastern Africa stood at 1,180 1000 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — losses in Eastern Africa peaked at 1,283 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 645 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Eastern Africa 6th out of 34 regions 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 990.3 1000 t | 645 1000 t | 1,278 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,212 1000 t | 1,119 1000 t | 1,283 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 205,889 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 42 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — losses in Eastern Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — losses in Eastern Africa was 1,180 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — losses recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,283 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — losses recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 645 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for sweet potatoes — losses?
- Eastern Africa ranks 6th out of 34 regions with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — losses rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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.