Sweet potatoes — Production in South America
South America: Sweet potatoes — Production was 1,527 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production in South America is 1,527 1000 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 7.2% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in South America peaked at 1,560 1000 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,239 1000 t, in 2010.
South America ranks 12th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in South America, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,239 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,330 1000 t | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 1,276 1000 t | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 1,294 1000 t | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 1,313 1000 t | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1,392 1000 t | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 1,456 1000 t | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 1,560 1000 t | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 1,537 1000 t | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 1,417 1000 t | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 1,412 1000 t | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,474 1000 t | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 1,425 1000 t | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 1,527 1000 t | +7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,381 1000 t | 1,239 1000 t | 1,560 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,460 1000 t | 1,412 1000 t | 1,527 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — production in South America?
- Sweet potatoes — production in South America was 1,527 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 1,560 1000 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,239 1000 t in 2010.
- How does South America rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- South America ranks 12th out of 25 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production. 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.