Sweet potatoes — Losses in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Losses was 5 1000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Losses in Southern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — losses in Southern Africa is 5 1000 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 28.6% on the previous year and up 150.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — losses in Southern Africa peaked at 7 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1 1000 t, in 2011.
Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 26 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Losses in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1 1000 t | -50.0% |
| 2012 | 1 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2 1000 t | +100.0% |
| 2014 | 1 1000 t | -50.0% |
| 2015 | 2 1000 t | +100.0% |
| 2016 | 1 1000 t | -50.0% |
| 2017 | 2 1000 t | +100.0% |
| 2018 | 2 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 4 1000 t | +100.0% |
| 2020 | 4 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 7 1000 t | +75.0% |
| 2023 | 5 1000 t | -28.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.8 1000 t | 1 1000 t | 4 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5 1000 t | 4 1000 t | 7 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 20 Sierra Leone 34 1000 t compare
- 21 Ghana 27 1000 t compare
- 22 Bangladesh 23 1000 t compare
- 23 Cuba 22 1000 t compare
- 24 Republic of Korea 21 1000 t compare
- 25 Haiti 20 1000 t compare
- 26 Zimbabwe 19 1000 t compare
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.1597 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 1.93 million ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield 837 kg/ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested 141,439 ha (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks 183,952 1000 An (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 731,569 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — losses in Southern Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — losses in Southern Africa was 5 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — losses recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — losses recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 1000 t in 2011.
- How does Southern Africa rank for sweet potatoes — losses?
- Southern Africa ranks 23rd out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — losses rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 150.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.