Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply quantity in Africa
Africa: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply quantity was 151.18 kg/cap in 2023. ▬ Flat
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply quantity in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity in Africa stood at 151.18 kg/cap. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity in Africa peaked at 155.44 kg/cap in 2017 and was at its lowest, 151.18 kg/cap, in 2023.
Africa ranks 15th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply quantity in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 155.37 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 154.97 kg/cap | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 155.02 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 154.9 kg/cap | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 154.79 kg/cap | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 155.4 kg/cap | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 155.01 kg/cap | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 155.44 kg/cap | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 155.35 kg/cap | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 154.06 kg/cap | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 153.06 kg/cap | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 152.01 kg/cap | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 152.96 kg/cap | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 151.18 kg/cap | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 155.03 kg/cap | 154.06 kg/cap | 155.44 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 152.3 kg/cap | 151.18 kg/cap | 153.06 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 12 Nepal 242.45 kg/cap compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 150.54 kg/cap compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 154.6 kg/cap compare
- 13 Senegal 239.85 kg/cap compare
- 14 Cuba 230.11 kg/cap compare
- 14 Polynesia 143.6 kg/cap compare
- 15 Azerbaijan 230.03 kg/cap compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 133.66 kg/cap compare
- 16 Sri Lanka 229.22 kg/cap compare
- 16 Micronesia 116.68 kg/cap compare
- 17 Mauritania 225.23 kg/cap compare
- 17 Melanesia 102.87 kg/cap compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 85.12 kg/cap compare
- 18 China, mainland 218.57 kg/cap compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 5.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -1.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 0.5254 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 6.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 5.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.2698 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -1.13 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity in Africa?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity in Africa was 151.18 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 155.44 kg/cap in 2017.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 151.18 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Africa rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity?
- Africa ranks 15th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this 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 quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.