Sweet potatoes — Losses in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sweet potatoes — Losses was 233 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Losses in Middle Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, sweet potatoes — losses in Middle Africa stood at 233 1000 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.9% on the previous year and up 33.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — losses in Middle Africa peaked at 233 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 102 1000 t, in 2021.
Middle Africa ranks 7th of 34 regions on this measure, 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 | 189.8 1000 t | 119 1000 t | 231 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 192 1000 t | 102 1000 t | 233 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 4 Malawi 482 1000 t compare
- 5 Madagascar, Republic of 156 1000 t compare
- 6 Angola 140 1000 t compare
- 7 India 99 1000 t compare
- 7 Rwanda 99 1000 t compare
- 9 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 96 1000 t compare
- 10 Papua New Guinea 95 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 113,974 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,128 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 16,416 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 13,891 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 511,443 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.75 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 270,208 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 8.08 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — losses in Middle Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — losses in Middle Africa was 233 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — losses recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 233 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — losses recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 102 1000 t in 2021.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sweet potatoes — losses?
- Middle Africa ranks 7th out of 34 regions with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — losses rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle 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.