Cassava and products — Food supply quantity in Africa
Africa: Cassava and products — Food supply quantity was 99.54 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cassava and products — Food supply quantity in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, cassava and products — food supply quantity in Africa stood at 99.54 kg/cap. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava and products — food supply quantity in Africa peaked at 99.54 kg/cap in 2023 and was at its lowest, 81.32 kg/cap, in 2013.
That places Africa 3rd out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Cassava and products — Food supply quantity in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 85.9 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 87.61 kg/cap | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 83.6 kg/cap | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 81.32 kg/cap | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 85.2 kg/cap | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 84.62 kg/cap | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 85.24 kg/cap | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 83.68 kg/cap | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 88.21 kg/cap | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 89.35 kg/cap | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 94.55 kg/cap | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 95.61 kg/cap | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 97.42 kg/cap | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 99.54 kg/cap | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 85.47 kg/cap | 81.32 kg/cap | 89.35 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.78 kg/cap | 94.55 kg/cap | 99.54 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 Angola 262.87 kg/cap compare
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 393.28 kg/cap compare
- 1 Côte d'Ivoire 172.73 kg/cap compare
- 2 Ghana 249.99 kg/cap compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 176.37 kg/cap compare
- 3 Congo 242.41 kg/cap compare
- 4 Zambia 203.99 kg/cap compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 123.55 kg/cap compare
- 5 Mozambique 182.15 kg/cap compare
- 6 Micronesia (Federated States of) 71.7 kg/cap compare
- 6 Paraguay 162.62 kg/cap compare
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- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 2.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 3.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -1.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 4.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava and products — food supply quantity in Africa?
- Cassava and products — food supply quantity in Africa was 99.54 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava and products — food supply quantity recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 99.54 kg/cap in 2023.
- What is the lowest cassava and products — food supply quantity recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.32 kg/cap in 2013.
- How does Africa rank for cassava and products — food supply quantity?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cassava and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.4%. 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 quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.