Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in South Africa
South Africa: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply was 1,218 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in South Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 1,218 kcal/cap/d for cereals - excluding beer — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in South Africa peaked at 1,414 kcal/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,150 kcal/cap/d, in 2021.
South Africa ranks 46th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,400 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,414 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 1,400 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 1,406 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1,404 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,374 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 1,385 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,396 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 1,412 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,335 kcal/cap/d | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 1,206 kcal/cap/d | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 1,150 kcal/cap/d | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 1,179 kcal/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 1,218 kcal/cap/d | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,393 kcal/cap/d | 1,335 kcal/cap/d | 1,414 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,188 kcal/cap/d | 1,150 kcal/cap/d | 1,218 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals - excluding beer — food supply in South Africa?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food supply in South Africa was 1,218 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,414 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,150 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- How does South Africa rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply?
- South Africa ranks 46th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South 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.