Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply was 1,216 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in Southern 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 Southern Africa is 1,216 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Southern Africa peaked at 1,396 kcal/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,147 kcal/cap/d, in 2021.
That places Southern Africa 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,385 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,396 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 1,387 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,390 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,377 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,352 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 1,364 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,372 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,387 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,317 kcal/cap/d | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 1,201 kcal/cap/d | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 1,147 kcal/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 1,177 kcal/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 1,216 kcal/cap/d | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,373 kcal/cap/d | 1,317 kcal/cap/d | 1,396 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,185 kcal/cap/d | 1,147 kcal/cap/d | 1,216 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 8 Myanmar 1,738 kcal/cap/d compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Southern Africa?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food supply in Southern 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,396 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,147 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply?
- Southern Africa ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern 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.