All food groups — Energy supply — Value in South Africa
South Africa: All food groups — Energy supply — Value was 2,694 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups — Energy supply — Value in South Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, all food groups — energy supply — value in South Africa stood at 2,694 kcal/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups — energy supply — value in South Africa peaked at 2,890 kcal/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2,686 kcal/cap/d, in 2021.
That places South Africa 122nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups — Energy supply — Value in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,867 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,871 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,890 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 2,870 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 2,838 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 2,801 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 2,819 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 2,835 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 2,826 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,789 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 2,760 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 2,686 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 2,724 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 2,694 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,841 kcal/cap/d | 2,789 kcal/cap/d | 2,890 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,716 kcal/cap/d | 2,686 kcal/cap/d | 2,760 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.83 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.83 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups — energy supply — value in South Africa?
- All food groups — energy supply — value in South Africa was 2,694 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups — energy supply — value recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,890 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest all food groups — energy supply — value recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,686 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- How does South Africa rank for all food groups — energy supply — value?
- South Africa ranks 122nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups — energy supply — value rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.