Kenya vs Malawi: Starchy Roots — Food supply
Starchy Roots — Food supply over time
- Kenya
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 3.25 million million Kcal against 2.96 million million Kcal in Kenya, a difference of 287,800 million Kcal.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 25th and Malawi ranks 22nd of 164 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Malawi in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.83 million million Kcal | 2.66 million million Kcal | 170,169 million Kcal | Kenya |
| 2020s | 2.76 million million Kcal | 3.10 million million Kcal | 337,495 million Kcal | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher starchy roots — food supply, Kenya or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 3.25 million million Kcal against 2.96 million million Kcal in Kenya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in starchy roots — food supply between Kenya and Malawi?
- 287,800 million Kcal, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Malawi?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Malawi rank globally for starchy roots — food supply?
- Kenya ranks 25th and Malawi ranks 22nd of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Starchy Roots — 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.