Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply was 1,829 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Ethiopia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Ethiopia is 1,829 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Ethiopia peaked at 1,870 kcal/cap/d in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,601 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Ethiopia 5th out of 164 countries 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.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,601 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,610 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1,622 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,670 kcal/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 1,727 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 1,775 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 1,795 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 1,838 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 1,818 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,870 kcal/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 1,812 kcal/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 1,815 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,833 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 1,829 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,733 kcal/cap/d | 1,601 kcal/cap/d | 1,870 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,822 kcal/cap/d | 1,812 kcal/cap/d | 1,833 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 2 Bhutan 1,927 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,559 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Serbia 1,888 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,432 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Morocco 1,876 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Türkiye 1,424 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Philippines 1,774 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Timor-Leste 1,332 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Bangladesh 1,756 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Cabo Verde 1,297 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 1,282 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Myanmar 1,738 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Ethiopia?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Ethiopia was 1,829 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 Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,870 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,601 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Ethiopia rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply?
- Ethiopia ranks 5th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.