Beverages — Energy supply — Value in South Africa

South Africa: Beverages — Energy supply — Value was 144 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
144 kcal/cap/d
Change on year
down 8.3%
World rank
59th
of 163 countries
All-time high
181 kcal/cap/d
in 2021
All-time low
125 kcal/cap/d
in 2019
Years of data
14
2010–2023

Beverages — Energy supply — Value in South Africa, 2010–2023

0501001502002010201620232010: 154 kcal/cap/d2011: 153 kcal/cap/d2012: 157 kcal/cap/d2013: 152 kcal/cap/d2014: 149 kcal/cap/d2015: 145 kcal/cap/d2016: 139 kcal/cap/d2017: 138 kcal/cap/d2018: 133 kcal/cap/d2019: 125 kcal/cap/d2020: 168 kcal/cap/d2021: 181 kcal/cap/d2022: 157 kcal/cap/d2023: 144 kcal/cap/d

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

Analysis

In 2023, beverages — energy supply — value in South Africa stood at 144 kcal/cap/d.

That represents a change of down 8.3% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, beverages — energy supply — value in South Africa peaked at 181 kcal/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 125 kcal/cap/d, in 2019.

South Africa ranks 59th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 144.5 kcal/cap/d 125 kcal/cap/d 157 kcal/cap/d 10
2020s 162.5 kcal/cap/d 144 kcal/cap/d 181 kcal/cap/d 4

Countries ranked near South Africa

  1. 56 New Caledonia 146 kcal/cap/d compare
  2. 56 New Zealand 146 kcal/cap/d compare
  3. 56 Thailand 146 kcal/cap/d compare
  4. 59 Cambodia 144 kcal/cap/d compare
  5. 59 Uruguay 144 kcal/cap/d compare
  6. 62 Guyana 143 kcal/cap/d compare

See the full ranking of 179 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is beverages — energy supply — value in South Africa?
Beverages — energy supply — value in South Africa was 144 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest beverages — energy supply — value recorded in South Africa?
The highest recorded value was 181 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
What is the lowest beverages — energy supply — value recorded in South Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 125 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
How does South Africa rank for beverages — energy supply — value?
South Africa ranks 59th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is beverages — energy supply — value rising or falling in South Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this South Africa data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beverages — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Beverages — Energy supply — Value
Unit
kcal/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
179 places, 2,425 data points, 2010–2023
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The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.