Melanesia vs South Africa: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply over time
- Melanesia
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 28.11 million million Kcal against 2.89 million million Kcal in Melanesia, a difference of 25.22 million million Kcal.
That makes South Africa's figure about 9.7 times Melanesia's.
Across all 14 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 15th and South Africa ranks 16th of 20 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.97 million million Kcal | 28.42 million million Kcal | 26.45 million million Kcal | South Africa |
| 2020s | 2.74 million million Kcal | 26.86 million million Kcal | 24.12 million million Kcal | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals - excluding beer — food supply, Melanesia or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 28.11 million million Kcal against 2.89 million million Kcal in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cereals - excluding beer — food supply between Melanesia and South Africa?
- 25.22 million million Kcal, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and South Africa?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and South Africa rank globally for cereals - excluding beer — food supply?
- Melanesia ranks 15th and South Africa ranks 16th of 20 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.