All food groups (excluding beverages) — Potassium supply — Value in Namibia
Namibia: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Potassium supply — Value was 2,900 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Potassium supply — Value in Namibia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, all food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value in Namibia stood at 2,900 mg/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value in Namibia peaked at 3,306 mg/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2,900 mg/cap/d, in 2023.
Namibia ranks 117th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Potassium supply — Value in Namibia, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,172 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 3,247 mg/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 3,306 mg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 3,291 mg/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 3,176 mg/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 3,210 mg/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 3,129 mg/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 3,131 mg/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 3,058 mg/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 2,987 mg/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 3,004 mg/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 3,015 mg/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 2,960 mg/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 2,900 mg/cap/d | -2.0% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 2,900 mg/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,104 mg/cap/d, 93% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 2,900 mg/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,971 mg/cap/d, 98% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,171 mg/cap/d | 2,987 mg/cap/d | 3,306 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,970 mg/cap/d | 2,900 mg/cap/d | 3,015 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 114 French Polynesia 2,948 mg/cap/d compare
- 115 Czechia 2,945 mg/cap/d compare
- 116 Antigua and Barbuda 2,909 mg/cap/d compare
- 118 United Arab Emirates 2,832 mg/cap/d compare
- 119 Paraguay 2,830 mg/cap/d compare
- 120 Panama 2,810 mg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value in Namibia?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value in Namibia was 2,900 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,306 mg/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,900 mg/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Namibia rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value?
- Namibia ranks 117th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups (excluding beverages) — Potassium 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.