Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply was 1,216 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Eastern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Eastern Africa stood at 1,216 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Eastern Africa peaked at 1,216 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,127 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
Eastern Africa ranks 12th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,127 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,144 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 1,151 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,150 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,181 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 1,180 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,177 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,194 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1,188 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,174 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 1,169 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 1,182 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 1,204 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 1,216 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,167 kcal/cap/d | 1,127 kcal/cap/d | 1,194 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,193 kcal/cap/d | 1,169 kcal/cap/d | 1,216 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,255 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Nepal 1,679 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Senegal 1,649 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1,185 kcal/cap/d compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 7.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 5.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -4.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 7.92 % 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)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 3.08 % 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Eastern Africa?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Eastern Africa was 1,216 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,216 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,127 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply?
- Eastern Africa ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. 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 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.