Bananas — Food supply in Africa

Africa: Bananas — Food supply was 29.04 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
29.04 kcal/cap/d
Change on year
down 2.2%
Rank
8th
of 29 groups
All-time high
29.7 kcal/cap/d
in 2022
All-time low
17.8 kcal/cap/d
in 2017
Years of data
14
2010–2023

Bananas — Food supply in Africa, 2010–2023

01020302010201620232010: 22.7 kcal/cap/d2011: 22.6 kcal/cap/d2012: 22.2 kcal/cap/d2013: 24.1 kcal/cap/d2014: 19.6 kcal/cap/d2015: 19.2 kcal/cap/d2016: 18.1 kcal/cap/d2017: 17.8 kcal/cap/d2018: 19.1 kcal/cap/d2019: 19 kcal/cap/d2020: 19 kcal/cap/d2021: 28.9 kcal/cap/d2022: 29.7 kcal/cap/d2023: 29 kcal/cap/d

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.

Analysis

Africa recorded 29.04 kcal/cap/d for bananas — food supply in 2023.

The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 20.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, bananas — food supply in Africa peaked at 29.7 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 17.8 kcal/cap/d, in 2017.

Africa ranks 8th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Bananas — Food supply in Africa, year by year

Annual values for Bananas — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) in Africa, 2010 to 2023.
Year kcal/cap/d Change
2010 22.71 kcal/cap/d
2011 22.56 kcal/cap/d -0.7%
2012 22.25 kcal/cap/d -1.4%
2013 24.06 kcal/cap/d +8.1%
2014 19.65 kcal/cap/d -18.3%
2015 19.18 kcal/cap/d -2.4%
2016 18.12 kcal/cap/d -5.5%
2017 17.8 kcal/cap/d -1.8%
2018 19.11 kcal/cap/d +7.4%
2019 18.97 kcal/cap/d -0.7%
2020 19.02 kcal/cap/d +0.3%
2021 28.86 kcal/cap/d +51.7%
2022 29.7 kcal/cap/d +2.9%
2023 29.04 kcal/cap/d -2.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 20.44 kcal/cap/d 17.8 kcal/cap/d 24.06 kcal/cap/d 10
2020s 26.66 kcal/cap/d 19.02 kcal/cap/d 29.7 kcal/cap/d 4

Countries ranked near Africa

  1. 5 Polynesia 52.33 kcal/cap/d compare
  2. 5 Peru 111.5 kcal/cap/d compare
  3. 6 Micronesia 49.97 kcal/cap/d compare
  4. 6 Vanuatu 93.95 kcal/cap/d compare
  5. 7 Kiribati 91.3 kcal/cap/d compare
  6. 7 Viet Nam 33.79 kcal/cap/d compare
  7. 8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 30.64 kcal/cap/d compare
  8. 8 Kenya 86.92 kcal/cap/d compare
  9. 9 Malawi 84.6 kcal/cap/d compare
  10. 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 29.7 kcal/cap/d compare
  11. 10 Angola 81.14 kcal/cap/d compare
  12. 11 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 60.94 kcal/cap/d compare

See the full ranking of 212 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is bananas — food supply in Africa?
Bananas — food supply in Africa was 29.04 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest bananas — food supply recorded in Africa?
The highest recorded value was 29.7 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
What is the lowest bananas — food supply recorded in Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 17.8 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
How does Africa rank for bananas — food supply?
Africa ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
Is bananas — food supply rising or falling in Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Africa data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Bananas — Food supply (kcal/capita/day)
Unit
kcal/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
212 places, 2,848 data points, 2010–2023
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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.