Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) was 108 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 108 % for average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 109 % in 2019 and was at its lowest, 102 %, in 2000.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 31st of 37 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 102 % | — |
| 2001 | 102 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 103 % | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 104 % | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 104 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 105 % | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 106 % | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 107 % | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 107 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 108 % | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 107 % | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 107 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 108 % | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 107 % | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 107 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 107 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 107 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 108 % | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 108 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 109 % | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 109 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 109 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 108 % | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 108 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 104.8 % | 102 % | 108 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 107.5 % | 107 % | 109 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 108.5 % | 108 % | 109 % | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5534 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1791 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 299.6 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 395.96 billion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 731.42 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Sub-Saharan Africa was 108 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 109 % in 2019.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 102 % in 2000.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average)?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 31st out of 37 groups with data for 2023.
- Is average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.