Beans — Food supply in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Beans — Food supply was 6.52 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Beans — Food supply in Southern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 6.52 kcal/cap/d for beans — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.7% on the previous year and down 48.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans — food supply in Southern Africa peaked at 19.24 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6.52 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Southern Africa 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Beans — Food supply in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19.24 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 17.64 kcal/cap/d | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 14.65 kcal/cap/d | -17.0% |
| 2013 | 12.69 kcal/cap/d | -13.4% |
| 2014 | 14.58 kcal/cap/d | +14.9% |
| 2015 | 12.13 kcal/cap/d | -16.8% |
| 2016 | 8.44 kcal/cap/d | -30.4% |
| 2017 | 8.96 kcal/cap/d | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 8.53 kcal/cap/d | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 7.4 kcal/cap/d | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 7.6 kcal/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 10.47 kcal/cap/d | +37.8% |
| 2022 | 7.14 kcal/cap/d | -31.8% |
| 2023 | 6.52 kcal/cap/d | -8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.43 kcal/cap/d | 7.4 kcal/cap/d | 19.24 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.93 kcal/cap/d | 6.52 kcal/cap/d | 10.47 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48.17 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Melanesia 0.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.01 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Kyrgyzstan 48.06 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 Malawi 45.74 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 Côte d'Ivoire 7.29 kcal/cap/d compare
- 22 Ghana 41.32 kcal/cap/d compare
- 23 Cambodia 35.33 kcal/cap/d compare
- 24 India 34.43 kcal/cap/d compare
- 25 North Macedonia 31.08 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.8166 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 7.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 7.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -0.9504 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -1.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -6.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 3.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -3.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans — food supply in Southern Africa?
- Beans — food supply in Southern Africa was 6.52 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans — food supply recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 19.24 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest beans — food supply recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.52 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Southern Africa rank for beans — food supply?
- Southern Africa ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is beans — food supply rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans — 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.