Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Africa
Africa: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply was 1,167 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Africa recorded 1,167 kcal/cap/d for cereals - excluding beer — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Africa peaked at 1,203 kcal/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,167 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Africa 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,195 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,194 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,195 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,200 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,200 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,203 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,201 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,203 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,202 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,190 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 1,178 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 1,171 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 1,183 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1,167 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,198 kcal/cap/d | 1,190 kcal/cap/d | 1,203 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,175 kcal/cap/d | 1,167 kcal/cap/d | 1,183 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 11 Afghanistan 1,641 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,096 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 China, mainland 1,612 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 1,026 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 970.75 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Iraq 1,605 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Azerbaijan 1,596 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Polynesia 916.9 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 China 1,595 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Burkina Faso 1,592 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Micronesia 819.85 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Saudi Arabia 1,582 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Melanesia 622.72 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.2698 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 0.5254 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.6343 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Africa?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Africa was 1,167 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,203 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,167 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Africa rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply?
- Africa ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals - Excluding Beer — 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.