Barley and products — Food supply in Africa
Africa: Barley and products — Food supply was 17.77 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Barley and products — Food supply in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Africa recorded 17.77 kcal/cap/d for barley and products — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and down 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley and products — food supply in Africa peaked at 25 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 16.65 kcal/cap/d, in 2022.
That places Africa 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Barley and products — Food supply in Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 25 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 23.18 kcal/cap/d | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 21.97 kcal/cap/d | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 21.2 kcal/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 22.22 kcal/cap/d | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 22.63 kcal/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 22.07 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 19.48 kcal/cap/d | -11.7% |
| 2018 | 21.04 kcal/cap/d | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 20.26 kcal/cap/d | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 18.13 kcal/cap/d | -10.5% |
| 2021 | 17.89 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 16.65 kcal/cap/d | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 17.77 kcal/cap/d | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 21.91 kcal/cap/d | 19.48 kcal/cap/d | 25 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.61 kcal/cap/d | 16.65 kcal/cap/d | 18.13 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 5 Micronesia 4.37 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Ethiopia 112.38 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Timor-Leste 3.5 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Lithuania 74.81 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Latvia 67.41 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Tunisia 59.93 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Belarus 57.73 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.47 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.32 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Algeria 57.5 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Libya 55.54 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 1.09 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is barley and products — food supply in Africa?
- Barley and products — food supply in Africa was 17.77 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley and products — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 25 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest barley and products — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.65 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Africa rank for barley and products — food supply?
- Africa ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is barley and products — food supply rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.