Dates — Food supply quantity in Southern Africa

Southern Africa: Dates — Food supply quantity was 0.01 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.01 kg/cap
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
26th
of 29 groups
All-time high
0.02 kg/cap
in 2010
All-time low
0.01 kg/cap
in 2012
Years of data
14
2010–2023

Dates — Food supply quantity in Southern Africa, 2010–2023

00.0050.010.0150.022010201620232010: 0.02 kg/cap2011: 0.02 kg/cap2012: 0.01 kg/cap2013: 0.02 kg/cap2014: 0.02 kg/cap2015: 0.01 kg/cap2016: 0.01 kg/cap2017: 0.02 kg/cap2018: 0.01 kg/cap2019: 0.01 kg/cap2020: 0.01 kg/cap2021: 0.01 kg/cap2022: 0.01 kg/cap2023: 0.01 kg/cap

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.

Analysis

In 2023, dates — food supply quantity in Southern Africa stood at 0.01 kg/cap. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.

That represents a change of down 50.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, dates — food supply quantity in Southern Africa peaked at 0.02 kg/cap in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.01 kg/cap, in 2012.

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 quantity in Southern Africa, year by year

Annual values for Dates — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) in Southern Africa, 2010 to 2023.
Year kg/cap Change
2010 0.02 kg/cap
2011 0.02 kg/cap +0.0%
2012 0.01 kg/cap -50.0%
2013 0.02 kg/cap +100.0%
2014 0.02 kg/cap +0.0%
2015 0.01 kg/cap -50.0%
2016 0.01 kg/cap +0.0%
2017 0.02 kg/cap +100.0%
2018 0.01 kg/cap -50.0%
2019 0.01 kg/cap +0.0%
2020 0.01 kg/cap +0.0%
2021 0.01 kg/cap +0.0%
2022 0.01 kg/cap +0.0%
2023 0.01 kg/cap +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.015 kg/cap 0.01 kg/cap 0.02 kg/cap 10
2020s 0.01 kg/cap 0.01 kg/cap 0.01 kg/cap 4

Countries ranked near Southern Africa

  1. 23 Kazakhstan 1.39 kg/cap compare
  2. 24 Cabo Verde 0.08 kg/cap compare
  3. 24 Azerbaijan 0.77 kg/cap compare
  4. 25 Malta 0.73 kg/cap compare
  5. 26 Iceland 0.7 kg/cap compare
  6. 27 North Macedonia 0.54 kg/cap compare
  7. 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.49 kg/cap compare
  8. 29 Montenegro 0.45 kg/cap compare
  9. 29 Denmark 0.45 kg/cap compare

See the full ranking of 208 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is dates — food supply quantity in Southern Africa?
Dates — food supply quantity in Southern Africa was 0.01 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest dates — food supply quantity recorded in Southern Africa?
The highest recorded value was 0.02 kg/cap in 2010.
What is the lowest dates — food supply quantity recorded in Southern Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 0.01 kg/cap in 2012.
How does Southern Africa rank for dates — food supply quantity?
Southern Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
Is dates — food supply quantity rising or falling in Southern Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. 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 quantity (kg/capita/yr). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Dates — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr)
Unit
kg/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
208 places, 2,790 data points, 2010–2023
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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.