Sweet potatoes — Seed in Americas

Americas: Sweet potatoes — Seed was 131 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
131 1000 t
Change on year
down 3.0%
Rank
8th
of 19 groups
All-time high
172 1000 t
in 2017
All-time low
114 1000 t
in 2012
Years of data
14
2010–2023

Sweet potatoes — Seed in Americas, 2010–2023

0501001502010201620232010: 123 1000 t2011: 125 1000 t2012: 114 1000 t2013: 127 1000 t2014: 137 1000 t2015: 145 1000 t2016: 155 1000 t2017: 172 1000 t2018: 154 1000 t2019: 139 1000 t2020: 141 1000 t2021: 141 1000 t2022: 135 1000 t2023: 131 1000 t

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.

Analysis

The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — seed in Americas is 131 1000 t, measured in 2023.

That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — seed in Americas peaked at 172 1000 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 114 1000 t, in 2012.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 139.1 1000 t 114 1000 t 172 1000 t 10
2020s 137 1000 t 131 1000 t 141 1000 t 4

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 5 Egypt 48 1000 t compare
  2. 6 Brazil 38 1000 t compare
  3. 7 Republic of Korea 18 1000 t compare
  4. 8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 13 1000 t compare
  5. 9 Guyana 12 1000 t compare
  6. 10 Cuba 10 1000 t compare
  7. 11 Peru 7 1000 t compare

See the full ranking of 45 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sweet potatoes — seed in Americas?
Sweet potatoes — seed in Americas was 131 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sweet potatoes — seed recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 172 1000 t in 2017.
What is the lowest sweet potatoes — seed recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 114 1000 t in 2012.
How does Americas rank for sweet potatoes — seed?
Americas ranks 8th out of 19 groups with data for 2023.
Is sweet potatoes — seed rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Americas data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Seed. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Sweet potatoes — Seed
Unit
1000 t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
45 places, 617 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed

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.