Yams — Food supply in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Yams — Food supply was 10.11 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
10.11 kcal/cap/d
Change on year
down 3.9%
Rank
8th
of 28 groups
All-time high
12.03 kcal/cap/d
in 2010
All-time low
10.11 kcal/cap/d
in 2023
Years of data
14
2010–2023

Yams — Food supply in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 2010–2023

02.557.51012.52010201620232010: 12 kcal/cap/d2011: 12 kcal/cap/d2012: 11.8 kcal/cap/d2013: 11.1 kcal/cap/d2014: 11.5 kcal/cap/d2015: 11.5 kcal/cap/d2016: 11.6 kcal/cap/d2017: 11.3 kcal/cap/d2018: 10.8 kcal/cap/d2019: 10.2 kcal/cap/d2020: 10.5 kcal/cap/d2021: 10.6 kcal/cap/d2022: 10.5 kcal/cap/d2023: 10.1 kcal/cap/d

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.

Analysis

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 10.11 kcal/cap/d for yams — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.

The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, yams — food supply in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 12.03 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 10.11 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.

That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 8th out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Yams — Food supply in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year

Annual values for Yams — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 2010 to 2023.
Year kcal/cap/d Change
2010 12.03 kcal/cap/d
2011 12.01 kcal/cap/d -0.2%
2012 11.84 kcal/cap/d -1.4%
2013 11.09 kcal/cap/d -6.3%
2014 11.49 kcal/cap/d +3.6%
2015 11.48 kcal/cap/d -0.1%
2016 11.57 kcal/cap/d +0.8%
2017 11.27 kcal/cap/d -2.6%
2018 10.76 kcal/cap/d -4.5%
2019 10.18 kcal/cap/d -5.4%
2020 10.51 kcal/cap/d +3.2%
2021 10.62 kcal/cap/d +1.0%
2022 10.52 kcal/cap/d -0.9%
2023 10.11 kcal/cap/d -3.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 11.37 kcal/cap/d 10.18 kcal/cap/d 12.03 kcal/cap/d 10
2020s 10.44 kcal/cap/d 10.11 kcal/cap/d 10.62 kcal/cap/d 4

Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

  1. 5 Jamaica 122.5 kcal/cap/d compare
  2. 6 Papua New Guinea 83.38 kcal/cap/d compare
  3. 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.01 kcal/cap/d compare
  4. 6 Caribbean 12.7 kcal/cap/d compare
  5. 7 Comoros 71.24 kcal/cap/d compare
  6. 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.38 kcal/cap/d compare
  7. 8 Tonga 66.43 kcal/cap/d compare
  8. 8 United Republic of Tanzania 0.29 kcal/cap/d compare
  9. 9 Guinea 43.09 kcal/cap/d compare
  10. 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.04 kcal/cap/d compare
  11. 10 Cameroon 33.04 kcal/cap/d compare
  12. 11 Sao Tome and Principe 17.9 kcal/cap/d compare
  13. 11 Micronesia 0.02 kcal/cap/d compare

See the full ranking of 136 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is yams — food supply in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Yams — food supply in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 10.11 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest yams — food supply recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 12.03 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
What is the lowest yams — food supply recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 10.11 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for yams — food supply?
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 8th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
Is yams — food supply rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Yams — Food supply (kcal/capita/day)
Unit
kcal/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
136 places, 1,720 data points, 2010–2023
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