Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply was 577.51 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Middle Africa, 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 Middle Africa is 577.51 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Middle Africa peaked at 609.4 kcal/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 577.51 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Middle Africa ranks 18th of 20 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 588.17 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 596.14 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 594.42 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 597.91 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 600.52 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 601.96 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 596.65 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 609.4 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 606.47 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 602.78 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 598.18 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 597.33 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 592.04 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 577.51 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 599.44 kcal/cap/d | 588.17 kcal/cap/d | 609.4 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 591.26 kcal/cap/d | 577.51 kcal/cap/d | 598.18 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 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
- 18 Côte d'Ivoire 1,040 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Tunisia 1,561 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 531.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Cambodia 1,541 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 319.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Mauritania 1,539 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 Sri Lanka 1,496 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 6.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate 0.7626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Middle Africa?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Middle Africa was 577.51 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 609.4 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 577.51 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Middle Africa rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply?
- Middle Africa ranks 18th out of 20 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Middle 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.