Cassava and products — Food supply in Africa
Africa: Cassava and products — Food supply was 289.36 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cassava 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 289.36 kcal/cap/d for cassava and products — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava and products — food supply in Africa peaked at 289.36 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 242.94 kcal/cap/d, in 2013.
Africa ranks 3rd of 28 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Cassava and products — Food supply in Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 258.07 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 262.36 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 248.77 kcal/cap/d | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 242.94 kcal/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 254.37 kcal/cap/d | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 252.58 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 254.24 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 251.4 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 265.8 kcal/cap/d | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 268.66 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 277.48 kcal/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 279.6 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 283.05 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 289.36 kcal/cap/d | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 255.92 kcal/cap/d | 242.94 kcal/cap/d | 268.66 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 282.37 kcal/cap/d | 277.48 kcal/cap/d | 289.36 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,314 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Côte d'Ivoire 573.69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Ghana 822.62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Angola 758.69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 540.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Congo 737.61 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Mozambique 607.56 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 304.35 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Zambia 507.93 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Micronesia (Federated States of) 237.91 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Paraguay 473.09 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava and products — food supply in Africa?
- Cassava and products — food supply in Africa was 289.36 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava and products — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 289.36 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest cassava and products — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 242.94 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Africa rank for cassava and products — food supply?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cassava and products — food supply rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. 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 Cassava 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.