Sweet potatoes — Seed by country
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...
What the numbers show
Sweet potatoes — Seed is currently reported for 22 countries. The highest value is 389 1000 t in Malawi; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Indonesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.5 1000 t, and the mean is 40.5 1000 t.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 1,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Indonesia (down 100.0%).
Sweet potatoes — Seed: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malawi | 389 1000 t | 2023 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 2 | Madagascar | 104 1000 t | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 3 | Rwanda | 94 1000 t | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 79 1000 t | 2023 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 5 | United States | 60 1000 t | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 6 | Egypt | 48 1000 t | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 38 1000 t | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 8 | Republic of Korea | 18 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 13 1000 t | 2018 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 10 | Guyana | 12 1000 t | 2023 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Cuba | 10 1000 t | 2019 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 12 | Peru | 7 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Caribbean | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 14 | Honduras | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 15 | Uruguay | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Philippines | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 15 | Malaysia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Australia and New Zealand | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | New Zealand | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 22 | Indonesia | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 890 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 729 1000 t
- Africa 714 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 678 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 666 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 587 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 484 1000 t
- Americas 131 1000 t
- Middle Africa 79 1000 t
- South America 61 1000 t
- United States of America 60 1000 t
- Northern America 60 1000 t
- Northern Africa 48 1000 t
- Asia 43 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 39 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 17 1000 t
- Central America 5 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 4 1000 t
- Oceania 1 1000 t
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.