Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply quantity in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply quantity was 159.99 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply quantity in Southern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 159.99 kg/cap for cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity in Southern Africa peaked at 173.52 kg/cap in 2011 and was at its lowest, 150.64 kg/cap, in 2021.
That places Southern Africa 12th 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 quantity in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 172.64 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 173.52 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 172.93 kg/cap | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 173.38 kg/cap | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 171.87 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 168.69 kg/cap | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 170.84 kg/cap | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 171.86 kg/cap | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 173.35 kg/cap | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 161.07 kg/cap | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 156.89 kg/cap | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 150.64 kg/cap | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 154.83 kg/cap | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 159.99 kg/cap | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 171.02 kg/cap | 161.07 kg/cap | 173.52 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 155.59 kg/cap | 150.64 kg/cap | 159.99 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 9 Serbia 261.42 kg/cap compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 168.2 kg/cap compare
- 10 Morocco 253.24 kg/cap compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 162.88 kg/cap compare
- 11 Egypt 248.34 kg/cap compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 160.75 kg/cap compare
- 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
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 7.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 7.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 6.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate -20.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.0684 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -0.9504 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity in Southern Africa?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity in Southern Africa was 159.99 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 173.52 kg/cap in 2011.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 150.64 kg/cap in 2021.
- How does Southern Africa rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity?
- Southern Africa ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply quantity rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. 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 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.