Dates — Food supply in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Dates — Food supply was 1,183 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Dates — Food supply in Southern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 1,183 million Kcal for dates — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 18.5% on the previous year and down 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — food supply in Southern Africa peaked at 2,429 million Kcal in 2014 and was at its lowest, 881.81 million Kcal, in 2020.
That places Southern Africa 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Dates — Food supply in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,381 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 1,900 million Kcal | -20.2% |
| 2012 | 1,710 million Kcal | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 2,046 million Kcal | +19.7% |
| 2014 | 2,429 million Kcal | +18.7% |
| 2015 | 1,895 million Kcal | -22.0% |
| 2016 | 1,614 million Kcal | -14.8% |
| 2017 | 2,284 million Kcal | +41.5% |
| 2018 | 1,421 million Kcal | -37.8% |
| 2019 | 1,954 million Kcal | +37.5% |
| 2020 | 881.81 million Kcal | -54.9% |
| 2021 | 1,124 million Kcal | +27.4% |
| 2022 | 998.2 million Kcal | -11.2% |
| 2023 | 1,183 million Kcal | +18.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,963 million Kcal | 1,421 million Kcal | 2,429 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,047 million Kcal | 881.81 million Kcal | 1,183 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 23 France 51,591 million Kcal compare
- 24 Bangladesh 42,563 million Kcal compare
- 25 Germany 40,079 million Kcal compare
- 26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 37,966 million Kcal compare
- 27 Bahrain 33,069 million Kcal compare
- 28 Canada 32,301 million Kcal compare
- 29 Malaysia 29,620 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.1597 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 1.93 million ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield 837 kg/ha (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested 141,439 ha (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks 183,952 1000 An (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production 731,569 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is dates — food supply in Southern Africa?
- Dates — food supply in Southern Africa was 1,183 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — food supply recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,429 million Kcal in 2014.
- What is the lowest dates — food supply recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 881.81 million Kcal in 2020.
- How does Southern Africa rank for dates — food supply?
- Southern Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is dates — food supply rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.2%. 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 Dates — Food supply (kcal). 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.