Yams — Food supply in United States
United States: Yams — Food supply was 36,524 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Yams — Food supply in United States, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, yams — food supply in United States stood at 36,524 million Kcal. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.5% on the previous year and up 71.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food supply in United States peaked at 36,524 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 19,462 million Kcal, in 2015.
That places United States 21st out of 113 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Yams — Food supply in United States, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 30,792 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 31,691 million Kcal | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 22,084 million Kcal | -30.3% |
| 2013 | 21,310 million Kcal | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 21,990 million Kcal | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 19,462 million Kcal | -11.5% |
| 2016 | 22,406 million Kcal | +15.1% |
| 2017 | 24,402 million Kcal | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 26,572 million Kcal | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 27,617 million Kcal | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 29,700 million Kcal | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 33,108 million Kcal | +11.5% |
| 2022 | 33,359 million Kcal | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 36,524 million Kcal | +9.5% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 36,524 million Kcal is above the median for high income countries, which is 172.46 million Kcal, 211.8× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 24,833 million Kcal | 19,462 million Kcal | 31,691 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,173 million Kcal | 29,700 million Kcal | 36,524 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near United States
- 18 Burkina Faso 41,014 million Kcal compare
- 19 Solomon Islands 38,642 million Kcal compare
- 20 Ethiopia 36,928 million Kcal compare
- 22 Dominican Republic 28,262 million Kcal compare
- 23 Comoros 22,112 million Kcal compare
- 24 Cuba 17,024 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for United States
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.96 % change on previous year (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0094 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 673.66 current US$ per person (2021)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.1831 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1981 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2021)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2021)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — food supply in United States?
- Yams — food supply in United States was 36,524 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food supply recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 36,524 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest yams — food supply recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,462 million Kcal in 2015.
- How does United States rank for yams — food supply?
- United States ranks 21st out of 113 countries with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food supply rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States 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.