Cassava and products — Food supply in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cassava and products — Food supply was 188.5 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cassava and products — Food supply in Eastern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, cassava and products — food supply in Eastern Africa stood at 188.5 kcal/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava and products — food supply in Eastern Africa peaked at 191 kcal/cap/d in 2019 and was at its lowest, 151.78 kcal/cap/d, in 2017.
That places Eastern Africa 5th out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Cassava and products — Food supply in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 167.15 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 166.25 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 163.14 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 158.6 kcal/cap/d | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 160.16 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 158.11 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 157.16 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 151.78 kcal/cap/d | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 185.5 kcal/cap/d | +22.2% |
| 2019 | 191 kcal/cap/d | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 182.11 kcal/cap/d | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 172.88 kcal/cap/d | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 180.36 kcal/cap/d | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 188.5 kcal/cap/d | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 165.88 kcal/cap/d | 151.78 kcal/cap/d | 191 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 180.96 kcal/cap/d | 172.88 kcal/cap/d | 188.5 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 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
- 7 Micronesia 87.76 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Guinea 461.76 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Sierra Leone 417.57 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate -4.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate -8.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 3.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate -1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate -12.1 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava and products — food supply in Eastern Africa?
- Cassava and products — food supply in Eastern Africa was 188.5 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 191 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- What is the lowest cassava and products — food supply recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 151.78 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for cassava and products — food supply?
- Eastern Africa ranks 5th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cassava and products — food supply rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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.