Beer — Food supply quantity in Africa

Africa: Beer — Food supply quantity was 9.78 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
9.78 kg/cap
Change on year
down 0.3%
Rank
22nd
of 29 groups
All-time high
11.7 kg/cap
in 2014
All-time low
9.21 kg/cap
in 2020
Years of data
14
2010–2023

Beer — Food supply quantity in Africa, 2010–2023

02.557.51012.52010201620232010: 11 kg/cap2011: 11.4 kg/cap2012: 11.2 kg/cap2013: 11.3 kg/cap2014: 11.7 kg/cap2015: 11.7 kg/cap2016: 11.6 kg/cap2017: 11.4 kg/cap2018: 10.9 kg/cap2019: 10.8 kg/cap2020: 9.2 kg/cap2021: 9.8 kg/cap2022: 9.8 kg/cap2023: 9.8 kg/cap

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

Analysis

Africa recorded 9.78 kg/cap for beer — food supply quantity in 2023.

The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 13.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, beer — food supply quantity in Africa peaked at 11.7 kg/cap in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9.21 kg/cap, in 2020.

That places 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.

Beer — Food supply quantity in Africa, year by year

Annual values for Beer — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) in Africa, 2010 to 2023.
Year kg/cap Change
2010 10.96 kg/cap
2011 11.45 kg/cap +4.5%
2012 11.2 kg/cap -2.2%
2013 11.26 kg/cap +0.5%
2014 11.7 kg/cap +3.9%
2015 11.7 kg/cap +0.0%
2016 11.62 kg/cap -0.7%
2017 11.41 kg/cap -1.8%
2018 10.94 kg/cap -4.1%
2019 10.83 kg/cap -1.0%
2020 9.21 kg/cap -15.0%
2021 9.82 kg/cap +6.6%
2022 9.81 kg/cap -0.1%
2023 9.78 kg/cap -0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 11.31 kg/cap 10.83 kg/cap 11.7 kg/cap 10
2020s 9.66 kg/cap 9.21 kg/cap 9.82 kg/cap 4

Countries ranked near Africa

  1. 19 Saint Lucia 72.9 kg/cap compare
  2. 20 Latvia 72.59 kg/cap compare
  3. 21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 72.43 kg/cap compare
  4. 22 Paraguay 71.83 kg/cap compare
  5. 23 Australia 70.73 kg/cap compare
  6. 24 Brazil 70.17 kg/cap compare
  7. 25 Estonia 70.12 kg/cap compare

See the full ranking of 211 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is beer — food supply quantity in Africa?
Beer — food supply quantity in Africa was 9.78 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest beer — food supply quantity recorded in Africa?
The highest recorded value was 11.7 kg/cap in 2014.
What is the lowest beer — food supply quantity recorded in Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 9.21 kg/cap in 2020.
How does Africa rank for beer — food supply quantity?
Africa ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
Is beer — food supply quantity rising or falling in Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 13.1%. 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 Beer — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Beer — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr)
Unit
kg/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
211 places, 2,872 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.