Sweet Potatoes Consumption by Country

FAO Food Balances data show that China had the largest listed food supply of sweet potatoes in 2023, at 24,984 thousand tonnes, followed by Nigeria at 2,969 thousand tonnes and Uganda at 1,587 thousand tonnes. Solomon Islands had the highest per-capita food supply at 137.76 kilograms per person per year. The dataset covers 150 reporters and spans 2019 through 2023, although some reporters have missing values in individual years.

China had the highest listed sweet potatoes food supply in 2023 at 24,984 thousand tonnes, while Solomon Islands had the highest per-capita food supply at 137.76 kilograms per person per year. China's listed food supply was 8.41 times Nigeria's (24,984 thousand tonnes against 2,969), a far wider gap at the top than for most root and tuber crops.

Sweet Potatoes Consumption at a Glance

• China had the largest listed sweet potato food supply in 2023 at 24,984 thousand tonnes.
• Nigeria ranked second at 2,969 thousand tonnes, followed by Uganda at 1,587 thousand tonnes.
• Solomon Islands had the highest per-capita food supply at 137.76 kilograms per person per year.
• The 2023 listed total was 47,274 thousand tonnes across 148 reporters with reported values.
• Among 147 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, listed food supply decreased by 1,437 thousand tonnes, or 3.0 percent.
• FAO Food Balance food supply represents food available for human consumption and is not a direct measure of food actually eaten.

Key Takeaways

In 2023, China had the largest listed supply of sweet potatoes at 24,984 thousand tonnes, followed by Nigeria at 2,969 thousand tonnes. Uganda ranked third with 1,587 thousand tonnes. On a per-capita basis, Solomon Islands recorded the highest food supply at 137.76 kilograms per person per year, followed by Rwanda at 80.27 kilograms.

Sweet potato food supply is one of the few measures in this series to decline in both windows. Across the 148 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, listed supply fell by 335 thousand tonnes, or 0.7 percent, and across the 147 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023 it fell by 1,437 thousand tonnes, or 3.0 percent. These figures represent food available for human consumption in the FAO Food Balances and should not be interpreted as the amount of sweet potatoes actually eaten.

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#	Country	2023 (thousand tonnes)2023	2023 (kg per person per year)2023
1	China CN	24.98K	17.56
2	Nigeria NG	2.97K	13.03
3	Uganda UG	1.59K	32.61
4	Angola AO	1.52K	41.46
5	Tanzania TZ	1.5K	22.45
6	Indonesia ID	1.43K	5.08
7	Ethiopia ET	1.17K	9.09
8	Rwanda RW	1.12K	80.27
9	Madagascar MG	1.04K	33.36
10	India IN	1.03K	0.72
11	United States US	840	2.44
12	Malawi MW	767	36.34
13	Papua New Guinea PG	625	60.11
14	DR Congo CD	566	5.35
15	Kenya KE	538	9.73
16	Philippines PH	496	4.31
17	Cameroon CM	470	16.55
18	Mozambique MZ	391	11.64
19	Vietnam VN	343	3.42
20	Brazil BR	334	1.58
21	Bangladesh BD	281	1.64
22	Guinea GN	268	18.59
23	South Korea KR	252	4.87
24	Peru PE	226	6.69
25	Zimbabwe ZW	207	12.68
26	Sierra Leone SL	205	24.28
27	Egypt EG	199	1.73
28	Niger NE	148	5.66
29	Zambia ZM	129	6.24
30	Ghana GH	115	3.41
31	Argentina AR	110	2.41
32	Solomon Islands SB	110	137.76
33	Burkina Faso BF	100	4.33
34	Taiwan TW	83	3.56
35	Australia AU	77	2.91
36	Laos LA	73	9.57
37	South Africa ZA	68	1.08
38	Haiti HT	66	5.67
39	Uruguay UY	65	19.21
40	Myanmar MM	59	1.09
41	Ivory Coast CI	51	1.63
42	Dominican Republic DO	50	4.4
43	Senegal SN	48	2.64
44	Mexico MX	45	0.35
45	Sri Lanka LK	41	1.77
46	Jamaica JM	40	14.13
47	Cambodia KH	33	1.88
48	Paraguay PY	31	4.56
49	Canada CA	29	0.75
50	Liberia LR	23	4.16
51	Italy IT	21	0.35
52	Malaysia MY	21	0.59
53	Pakistan PK	21	0.08
54	Venezuela VE	21	0.74
55	Netherlands NL	18	0.98
56	Chile CL	17	0.85
57	Guinea-Bissau GW	15	6.96
58	Fiji FJ	12	13.17
59	Saudi Arabia SA	12	0.36
60	Vanuatu VU	12	36.92
61	Comoros KM	10	11.76
62	Morocco MA	10	0.27
63	New Zealand NZ	10	1.99
64	Congo CG	9	1.41
65	Eswatini SZ	9	7.38
66	Mauritania MR	9	1.87
67	United Arab Emirates AE	9	0.87
68	Thailand TH	8	0.12
69	Poland PL	6	0.16
70	Guyana GY	5	5.97
71	Austria AT	4	0.42
72	Bolivia BO	4	0.36
73	Ecuador EC	4	0.22
74	Gabon GA	4	1.48
75	Lebanon LB	4	0.67
76	Timor-Leste TL	4	3.02
77	Micronesia FM	3	25.36
78	Norway NO	3	0.45
79	Tonga TO	3	27.57
80	Barbados BB	2	8.67
81	Botswana BW	2	0.79
82	Cape Verde CV	2	3.81
83	Finland FI	2	0.35
84	Hong Kong HK	2	0.22
85	Hungary HU	2	0.22
86	Jordan JO	2	0.17
87	Mauritius MU	2	1.61
88	Slovakia SK	2	0.31
89	Switzerland CH	2	0.17
90	Bahamas BS	1	2.66
91	Bahrain BH	1	0.47
92	Bulgaria BG	1	0.22
93	El Salvador SV	1	0.15
94	Greece GR	1	0.06
95	Iceland IS	1	2.26
96	Israel IL	1	0.12
97	Kuwait KW	1	0.24
98	Macau MO	1	0.87
99	Maldives MV	1	1.06
100	Qatar QA	1	0.29
101	Romania RO	1	0.08
102	Russia RU	1	0.01
103	Serbia RS	1	0.17
104	Sweden SE	1	0.12
105	Trinidad and Tobago TT	1	0.55
106	Albania AL	0	0.02
107	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0	2.79
108	Armenia AM	0	0.01
109	Belize BZ	0	0.29
110	Bhutan BT	0	0.04
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	0	0.07
112	Costa Rica CR	0	0.02
113	Croatia HR	0	0.07
114	Cyprus CY	0	0.17
115	Czech Republic CZ	0	0.02
116	Estonia EE	0	0.08
117	Gambia GM	0	0
118	Georgia GE	0	0.03
119	Grenada GD	0	2.31
120	Honduras HN	0	0.04
121	Kiribati KI	0	0
122	Kyrgyzstan KG	0	0
123	Latvia LV	0	0.15
124	Lesotho LS	0	0.01
125	Libya LY	0	0.01
126	Luxembourg LU	0	0.18
127	Malta MT	0	0.49
128	Marshall Islands MH	0	0.4
129	Moldova MD	0	0.06
130	Montenegro ME	0	0.12
131	Namibia NA	0	0.16
132	Nauru NR	0	0.2
133	Nepal NP	0	0.01
134	New Caledonia NC	0	1.06
135	Nicaragua NI	0	0.01
136	North Macedonia MK	0	0.08
137	Oman OM	0	0.05
138	Panama PA	0	0.06
139	Portugal PT	0	0
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	0	2.57
141	Saint Lucia LC	0	2.35
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0	3.41
143	Seychelles SC	0	0.45
144	Spain ES	0	0
145	Suriname SR	0	0.41
146	Syria SY	0	0
147	Tuvalu TV	0	0
148	Yemen YE	0	0.01

Sweet Potatoes Consumption by Country in 2023

China had the largest listed food supply of sweet potatoes in the 2023 data with 24,984 thousand tonnes (52.8 percent of the listed total), followed by Nigeria with 2,969 thousand tonnes (6.3 percent) and Uganda with 1,587 thousand tonnes (3.4 percent). Angola ranked fourth with 1,524 thousand tonnes and Tanzania fifth with 1,496 thousand tonnes.

The top three reporters hold 62.5 percent of the listed 2023 total, the top five 68.9 percent and the top ten 81.1 percent of the 47,274-thousand-tonne total. China alone accounts for more than half of the listed total, and all ten largest reporters are in Africa or Asia.

Indonesia Falls 442 Thousand Tonnes as Sweet Potatoes Food Supply Declines 0.7 Percent Between 2022 and 2023

Among the 148 reporters with data in both 2022 and 2023, the listed food supply fell from 47,609 thousand tonnes to 47,274 thousand tonnes, a decline of 335 thousand tonnes (0.7 percent). The annual listed totals across all reporters were 47,609 thousand tonnes in 2022 and 47,274 thousand tonnes in 2023, with no reporter entering or leaving the comparison. Indonesia fell 442 thousand tonnes (down 23.6 percent), the largest movement in the year, while Ethiopia added 279 thousand tonnes (up 31.3 percent), China fell 178 thousand tonnes (down 0.7 percent), the United States fell 131 thousand tonnes (down 13.5 percent), Uganda added 111 thousand tonnes (up 7.5 percent) and Tanzania added 97 thousand tonnes (up 6.9 percent). Rwanda fell 52 thousand tonnes (down 4.4 percent) and Cameroon added 50 thousand tonnes (up 11.9 percent).

Tanzania Falls 1,246 Thousand Tonnes as Sweet Potatoes Food Supply Declines 3.0 Percent Since 2019

For the 147 reporters with data in both 2019 and 2023, the listed food supply fell from 48,711 thousand tonnes to 47,274 thousand tonnes, a decline of 1,437 thousand tonnes (3.0 percent). The 2019 total includes 149 reporters with reported values, while the 2023 total includes 148; two reporters with a combined 401 thousand tonnes in 2019 had no reported 2023 value, while one reporter entered with a zero 2023 quantity. Tanzania fell 1,246 thousand tonnes (down 45.4 percent), the largest single decline in the window, and China fell 1,121 thousand tonnes (down 4.3 percent). Against that, Uganda added 559 thousand tonnes (up 54.4 percent), Madagascar added 517 thousand tonnes (up 98.7 percent), Ethiopia fell 426 thousand tonnes (down 26.7 percent), Kenya fell 353 thousand tonnes (down 39.6 percent), the United States fell 343 thousand tonnes (down 29.0 percent) and Angola added 266 thousand tonnes (up 21.1 percent).

Two countries account for the entire net decline: Tanzania and China together subtracted 2,367 thousand tonnes, more than the net fall of 1,437 thousand tonnes, with Uganda and Madagascar adding 1,076 thousand tonnes between them and the remainder coming from smaller declines. The per-capita ranking is concentrated in the Pacific and East Africa rather than in the largest suppliers: Solomon Islands records 137.76 kilograms per year and Rwanda 80.27, while China, which leads the total, records 17.56 kilograms.

What Does Sweet Potatoes Consumption Measure?

For FAO Food Balances, the sweet potatoes figure used here is the amount recorded under the Food element. It represents food available for human consumption during the reference year, rather than a direct estimate of how much sweet potatoes people actually ate. Sweet potatoes are recorded as a separate item from potatoes and from cassava, so the three crops are not combined in this figure.

The per-capita figure expresses the same food supply on a population basis, in kilograms per person per year. A country's total quantity and per-capita value therefore answer different questions: total quantity shows the size of the listed food supply, while the per-capita measure adjusts it for population.

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#	Country	2019 (1000 t)	2019 (kg/cap/yr)	2020 (1000 t)	2020 (kg/cap/yr)	2021 (1000 t)	2021 (kg/cap/yr)	2022 (1000 t)	2022 (kg/cap/yr)	2023 (1000 t)	2023 (kg/cap/yr)
1	China	26.11K	18.34	24.63K	17.27	25.64K	17.98	25.16K	17.66	24.98K	17.56
2	Nigeria	2.86K	13.66	2.91K	13.58	2.92K	13.37	2.98K	13.36	2.97K	13.03
3	Uganda	1.03K	23.91	1.13K	25.3	1.22K	26.66	1.48K	31.2	1.59K	32.61
4	Angola	1.26K	38.86	1.25K	37.22	1.43K	41.35	1.48K	41.65	1.52K	41.46
5	Tanzania	2.74K	46.34	3.01K	49.32	3.17K	50.42	1.4K	21.61	1.5K	22.45
6	Indonesia	1.38K	5.08	1.45K	5.28	1.38K	4.99	1.87K	6.7	1.43K	5.08
7	Ethiopia	1.6K	13.79	1.45K	12.16	817	6.69	891	7.11	1.17K	9.09
8	Rwanda	1.07K	83.34	1.09K	83.37	1.13K	84.92	1.17K	85.83	1.12K	80.27
9	Madagascar	524	18.55	569	19.65	558	18.79	1.04K	34.1	1.04K	33.36
10	India	1.03K	0.74	931	0.66	928	0.66	1.01K	0.71	1.03K	0.72
11	United States	1.18K	3.5	986	2.9	1.01K	2.96	971	2.84	840	2.44
12	Malawi	650	34.16	661	33.86	750	37.41	760	36.95	767	36.34
13	Papua New Guinea	628	65.36	620	63.17	617	61.58	626	61.39	625	60.11
14	DR Congo	526	5.66	520	5.42	535	5.39	550	5.37	566	5.35
15	Kenya	891	17.4	617	11.82	617	11.59	529	9.75	538	9.73
16	Philippines	497	4.49	517	4.61	517	4.57	529	4.64	496	4.31
17	Cameroon	418	16.41	380	14.49	395	14.66	420	15.22	470	16.55
18	Mozambique	413	13.81	437	14.19	410	12.92	428	13.11	391	11.64
19	Vietnam	462	4.75	498	5.08	440	4.45	362	3.63	343	3.42
20	Brazil	309	1.49	325	1.56	327	1.56	330	1.57	334	1.58
21	Bangladesh	218	1.32	227	1.36	258	1.54	280	1.66	281	1.64
22	Guinea	215	16.47	246	18.37	269	19.59	293	20.84	268	18.59
23	South Korea	289	5.57	252	4.86	273	5.27	251	4.84	252	4.87
24	Peru	222	6.85	176	5.36	222	6.69	208	6.21	226	6.69
25	Zimbabwe	142	9.33	129	8.32	330	20.87	167	10.37	207	12.68
26	Sierra Leone	152	19.6	141	17.78	196	24.27	227	27.43	205	24.28
27	Egypt	357	3.32	320	2.93	228	2.05	155	1.38	199	1.73
28	Niger	113	4.93	153	6.45	161	6.56	156	6.15	148	5.66
29	Zambia	4	0.2	137	7.21	143	7.29	170	8.44	129	6.24
30	Ghana	112	3.6	116	3.62	115	3.54	116	3.5	115	3.41
31	Argentina	114	2.54	117	2.59	111	2.46	111	2.45	110	2.41
32	Solomon Islands	105	144.3	106	142.88	108	141.35	108	137.94	110	137.76
33	Burkina Faso	60	2.88	115	5.33	104	4.75	105	4.66	100	4.33
34	Taiwan	72	3.04	90	3.8	85	3.61	83	3.55	83	3.56
35	Australia	64	2.5	64	2.48	65	2.49	75	2.85	77	2.91
36	Laos	58	8.01	82	11.12	68	9.18	115	15.16	73	9.57
37	South Africa	75	1.26	76	1.25	73	1.19	82	1.31	68	1.08
38	Haiti	50	4.5	79	6.98	64	5.66	85	7.37	66	5.67
39	Uruguay	61	18.03	63	18.52	63	18.45	64	18.97	65	19.21
40	Myanmar	63	1.19	59	1.11	57	1.06	59	1.09	59	1.09
41	Ivory Coast	49	1.73	50	1.74	49	1.64	50	1.66	51	1.63
42	Dominican Republic	40	3.67	45	4.05	45	4.06	48	4.24	50	4.4
43	Senegal	37	2.27	43	2.58	51	2.94	46	2.63	48	2.64
44	Mexico	41	0.33	40	0.32	46	0.36	37	0.29	45	0.35
45	Sri Lanka	27	1.2	34	1.5	41	1.81	43	1.86	41	1.77
46	Jamaica	30	10.71	45	15.89	52	18.23	51	18	40	14.13
47	Cambodia	35	2.14	37	2.21	35	2.09	33	1.93	33	1.88
48	Paraguay	48	7.36	52	7.81	50	7.54	33	4.87	31	4.56
49	Canada	25	0.67	32	0.84	39	1.01	33	0.84	29	0.75
50	Liberia	22	4.39	22	4.31	23	4.28	23	4.25	23	4.16
51	Italy	11	0.18	13	0.22	17	0.28	15	0.25	21	0.35
52	Malaysia	30	0.9	33	0.98	32	0.92	28	0.79	21	0.59
53	Pakistan	13	0.06	12	0.05	13	0.05	12	0.05	21	0.08
54	Venezuela	17	0.58	18	0.62	19	0.68	20	0.7	21	0.74
55	Netherlands	8	0.48	13	0.73	11	0.64	8	0.46	18	0.98
56	Chile	17	0.89	15	0.78	17	0.9	15	0.78	17	0.85
57	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	11	5.38	14	6.79	13	6.08	15	6.96
58	Fiji	9	9.4	9	9.82	9	9.85	10	10.54	12	13.17
59	Saudi Arabia	5	0.17	10	0.33	13	0.41	13	0.39	12	0.36
60	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	37.8	12	36.92
61	Comoros	7	8.29	10	12.59	10	11.99	9	10.98	10	11.76
62	Morocco	8	0.22	6	0.16	8	0.2	9	0.24	10	0.27
63	New Zealand	10	2.06	10	1.94	10	1.99	10	1.86	10	1.99
64	Congo	8	1.39	8	1.41	8	1.43	8	1.41	9	1.41
65	Eswatini	2	1.76	2	1.87	2	1.87	18	14.45	9	7.38
66	Mauritania	7	1.55	10	2.2	9	1.87	8	1.66	9	1.87
67	United Arab Emirates	4	0.48	4	0.44	5	0.52	8	0.81	9	0.87
68	Thailand	18	0.25	18	0.25	22	0.31	16	0.22	8	0.12
69	Poland	0	0	4	0.11	7	0.19	7	0.17	6	0.16
70	Guyana	4	5.56	5	5.82	5	6.05	5	5.79	5	5.97
71	Austria	2	0.25	3	0.3	3	0.38	4	0.44	4	0.42
72	Bolivia	7	0.56	7	0.55	5	0.43	4	0.31	4	0.36
73	Ecuador	5	0.26	5	0.3	6	0.31	5	0.29	4	0.22
74	Gabon	4	1.71	4	1.6	4	1.56	4	1.5	4	1.48
75	Lebanon	3	0.46	3	0.51	2	0.35	4	0.61	4	0.67
76	Timor-Leste	5	3.97	5	3.84	4	3.29	4	2.96	4	3.02
77	Micronesia	3	26.19	3	26.01	3	25.56	3	25.46	3	25.36
78	Norway	2	0.44	2	0.46	2	0.45	2	0.45	3	0.45
79	Tonga	2	23.56	3	30.11	3	28.49	3	31.61	3	27.57
80	Barbados	2	6.29	2	5.5	1	4.95	2	7.98	2	8.67
81	Botswana	3	1.38	1	0.29	2	0.79	2	0.79	2	0.79
82	Cape Verde	3	5.7	3	5.81	3	6.4	3	4.86	2	3.81
83	Finland	2	0.44	2	0.44	2	0.37	2	0.32	2	0.35
84	Hong Kong	2	0.22	3	0.36	3	0.4	2	0.33	2	0.22
85	Hungary	2	0.18	1	0.14	2	0.2	3	0.28	2	0.22
86	Jordan	2	0.21	3	0.24	1	0.13	2	0.13	2	0.17
87	Mauritius	0	0.32	1	0.4	2	1.41	2	1.44	2	1.61
88	Slovakia	0	0.05	2	0.3	1	0.25	2	0.3	2	0.31
89	Switzerland	1	0.14	2	0.18	2	0.19	2	0.17	2	0.17
90	Bahamas	1	2.52	1	2.41	1	2.31	1	2.58	1	2.66
91	Bahrain	0	0.23	0	0.28	1	0.49	1	0.5	1	0.47
92	Bulgaria	0	0.03	0	0.06	1	0.08	1	0.11	1	0.22
93	El Salvador	1	0.13	1	0.12	1	0.14	1	0.15	1	0.15
94	Greece	0	0.04	0	0.04	0	0.02	0	0.03	1	0.06
95	Iceland	1	2.78	1	2.31	1	1.6	1	2.27	1	2.26
96	Israel	0	0.06	1	0.14	1	0.17	1	0.1	1	0.12
97	Kuwait	1	0.17	1	0.17	1	0.27	1	0.29	1	0.24
98	Macau	1	1.25	1	1.03	1	1.08	1	1.13	1	0.87
99	Maldives	0	0.91	0	0.41	1	0.99	0	0.95	1	1.06
100	Qatar	1	0.24	1	0.28	1	0.35	1	0.34	1	0.29
101	Romania	1	0.03	1	0.04	1	0.06	1	0.06	1	0.08
102	Russia	0	0	1	0	1	0.01	2	0.01	1	0.01
103	Serbia	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0.16	1	0.17
104	Sweden	1	0.11	1	0.12	1	0.12	1	0.12	1	0.12
105	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0.57	3	1.78	2	1.18	1	0.78	1	0.55
106	Albania	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.02
107	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1.92	0	1.25	0	1.42	0	1.77	0	2.79
108	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01
109	Belize	0	0.12	0	0.2	0	0.37	0	0.33	0	0.29
110	Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0.04
111	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.05	0	0.07
112	Costa Rica	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.04	0	0.02
113	Croatia	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.04	0	0.07
114	Cyprus	0	0.12	0	0.13	0	0.14	0	0.16	0	0.17
115	Czech Republic	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.02	0	0.02	0	0.02
116	Estonia	0	0.08	0	0.1	0	0.07	0	0.08	0	0.08
117	Gambia	0	0.07	0	0.04	0	0.06	0	0.02	0	0
118	Georgia	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.03
119	Grenada	1	8.24	1	5.87	1	4.67	0	3.26	0	2.31
120	Honduras	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0	0.04	0	0.04
121	Kiribati	0	0.05	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
122	Kyrgyzstan	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
123	Latvia	0	0	0	0.05	0	0.11	0	0.07	0	0.15
124	Lesotho	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.08	0	0.04	0	0.01
125	Libya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
126	Luxembourg	0	0.11	0	0.15	0	0.13	0	0.13	0	0.18
127	Malta	0	0.42	0	0.39	0	0.51	0	0.48	0	0.49
128	Marshall Islands	0	0.09	0	0.23	0	0.31	0	0.16	0	0.4
129	Moldova	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0.03	0	0.04	0	0.06
130	Montenegro	0	0.04	0	0.06	0	0.06	0	0.09	0	0.12
131	Namibia	1	0.25	0	0.18	0	0.16	1	0.18	0	0.16
132	Nauru	0	0.21	0	0.31	0	0.38	0	0.23	0	0.2
133	Nepal	0	0	1	0.02	1	0.02	0	0.01	0	0.01
134	New Caledonia	0	1.08	0	1.36	0	1.06	0	1.09	0	1.06
135	Nicaragua	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0.01
136	North Macedonia	0	0.01	0	0.03	0	0.05	0	0.07	0	0.08
137	Oman	1	0.16	1	0.25	1	0.23	1	0.29	0	0.05
138	Panama	0	0.01	12	2.89	0	0.09	0	0.08	0	0.06
139	Portugal	2	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	4.41	0	2.31	0	2.56	0	1.83	0	2.57
141	Saint Lucia	0	2.27	0	2.78	1	3.24	1	4.04	0	2.35
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	10.46	1	9.05	1	9.17	0	4.28	0	3.41
143	Seychelles	0	0.1	0	0.1	0	0.08	0	0.35	0	0.45
144	Spain	0	0	2	0.04	14	0.3	0	0	0	0
145	Suriname	0	0.68	0	0.39	0	0.17	0	0.31	0	0.41
146	Syria	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0
147	Tuvalu	-	-	0	0	-	-	0	0.05	0	0
148	Yemen	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01
149	Cuba	401	35.79	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
150	Djibouti	0	0.01	0	0.01	0	0.01	-	-	-	-

Quick Answer

In 2023, China had the largest listed food supply of sweet potatoes at 24,984 thousand tonnes, followed by Nigeria at 2,969 thousand tonnes and Uganda at 1,587 thousand tonnes. Solomon Islands had the highest per-capita food supply at 137.76 kilograms per person per year. The dataset contains 150 reporters in the five-year series, with 148 reporting a value for 2023. The figures represent food available for human consumption in FAO Food Balances and are not a direct measure of the amount actually eaten.

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals use FAO Food Balances food quantity (Element 5142, thousand tonnes), while the per-capita figures use food supply quantity (Element 645, kg/capita/year) for Sweet potatoes from 2019 through 2023. The Food element represents the quantity available for human consumption during the reference period. It is not a direct measure of the quantity actually eaten, as additional losses or waste may occur after food reaches the consumer.

The reporter universe contains 150 reporters. The tables list reporters only; aggregate rows such as World, regions and China (aggregate) are excluded, while China figures refer to the China reporter. For year-to-year comparisons, only reporters with values in both endpoint years are included in the arithmetic. A zero indicates a displayed value of zero, while an empty cell indicates that no value is available for that reporter and year.

Quantities of 1,000 thousand tonnes and above are shown as whole numbers; smaller quantities retain up to two decimals. FAO Food Balances are compiled from national and other official sources. The FAO dataset reports the Food element in thousand tonnes and food supply quantity in kilograms per capita per year. The 2023 listed total of 47,274 thousand tonnes is the sum of the 148 reporters with a reported 2023 value; it excludes aggregate rows and reporters without a 2023 value.