Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food in Africa
Africa: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food was 222,794 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals - excluding beer — food in Africa is 222,794 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food in Africa peaked at 222,794 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 158,707 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Africa 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 183,526 1000 t | 158,707 1000 t | 206,656 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 216,807 1000 t | 210,327 1000 t | 222,794 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 2 China, mainland 310,929 1000 t compare
- 3 India 265,620 1000 t compare
- 4 Indonesia 60,919 1000 t compare
- 5 Bangladesh 45,003 1000 t compare
- 6 Philippines 32,341 1000 t compare
- 7 Pakistan 31,168 1000 t compare
- 8 Egypt 28,444 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 15,779 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 47.50 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals - excluding beer — food in Africa?
- Cereals - excluding beer — food in Africa was 222,794 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — food recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 222,794 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 158,707 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Africa rank for cereals - excluding beer — food?
- Africa ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — food rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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. 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.