Yams — Food supply in Cuba
Cuba: Yams — Food supply was 17,024 million Kcal in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Food supply in Cuba, 2010–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — food supply in Cuba is 17,024 million Kcal, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 75.8% on the previous year and down 94.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food supply in Cuba peaked at 327,151 million Kcal in 2010 and was at its lowest, 17,024 million Kcal, in 2019.
That places Cuba 24th out of 113 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Food supply in Cuba, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 327,151 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 288,953 million Kcal | -11.7% |
| 2012 | 302,496 million Kcal | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 312,103 million Kcal | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 50,780 million Kcal | -83.7% |
| 2015 | 48,295 million Kcal | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 40,207 million Kcal | -16.7% |
| 2017 | 66,272 million Kcal | +64.8% |
| 2018 | 70,226 million Kcal | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 17,024 million Kcal | -75.8% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 17,024 million Kcal is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 149.45 million Kcal, 113.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 17,024 million Kcal is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 357.24 million Kcal, 47.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Cuba
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — food supply in Cuba?
- Yams — food supply in Cuba was 17,024 million Kcal in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food supply recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 327,151 million Kcal in 2010.
- What is the lowest yams — food supply recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,024 million Kcal in 2019.
- How does Cuba rank for yams — food supply?
- Cuba ranks 24th out of 113 countries with data for 2019.
- Is yams — food supply rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 94.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Food supply (kcal). 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.