Sweet potatoes — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Sweet potatoes — Production was 87 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production in Southern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 87 1000 t for sweet potatoes — production in 2023.
The figure is down 19.4% on the previous year and up 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Southern Africa peaked at 108 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 58 1000 t, in 2011.
That places Southern Africa 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 68 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 58 1000 t | -14.7% |
| 2012 | 58 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 68 1000 t | +17.2% |
| 2014 | 65 1000 t | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 68 1000 t | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 64 1000 t | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 77 1000 t | +20.3% |
| 2018 | 89 1000 t | +15.6% |
| 2019 | 94 1000 t | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 87 1000 t | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 85 1000 t | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 108 1000 t | +27.1% |
| 2023 | 87 1000 t | -19.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 70.9 1000 t | 58 1000 t | 94 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.75 1000 t | 85 1000 t | 108 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 16 Philippines 523 1000 t compare
- 17 Cuba 484 1000 t compare
- 18 Mozambique 460 1000 t compare
- 19 Egypt 423 1000 t compare
- 20 Guinea 376 1000 t compare
- 21 Republic of Korea 325 1000 t compare
- 22 Peru 305 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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 — production in Southern Africa?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Southern Africa was 87 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 108 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 58 1000 t in 2011.
- How does Southern Africa rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Production. 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.