Sweet potatoes — Protein supply quantity in China
China: Sweet potatoes — Protein supply quantity was 270,497 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Protein supply quantity in China, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — protein supply quantity in China is 270,497 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — protein supply quantity in China peaked at 341,375 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 266,798 t, in 2020.
China ranks 1st of 183 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Protein supply quantity in China, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 341,375 t | — |
| 2011 | 329,787 t | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 329,321 t | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 328,867 t | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 328,597 t | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 296,262 t | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 280,906 t | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 281,121 t | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 289,602 t | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 282,482 t | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 266,798 t | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 277,649 t | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 272,428 t | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 270,497 t | -0.7% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 270,497 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.28 t, 32668.7× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- China's 270,497 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 129.5 t, 2088.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 308,832 t | 280,906 t | 341,375 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 271,843 t | 266,798 t | 277,649 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — protein supply quantity in China?
- Sweet potatoes — protein supply quantity in China was 270,497 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — protein supply quantity recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 341,375 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — protein supply quantity recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 266,798 t in 2020.
- How does China rank for sweet potatoes — protein supply quantity?
- China ranks 1st out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — protein supply quantity rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Protein supply quantity (t). 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.