Grand Total — Food supply in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Grand Total — Food supply was 2,315 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Grand Total — Food supply in Afghanistan, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, grand total — food supply in Afghanistan stood at 2,315 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Afghanistan peaked at 2,315 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,166 kcal/cap/d, in 2012.
Afghanistan ranks 152nd of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Grand Total — Food supply in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,200 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,172 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 2,166 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,205 kcal/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 2,270 kcal/cap/d | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 2,251 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 2,241 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,307 kcal/cap/d | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 2,262 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 2,223 kcal/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 2,260 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 2,245 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,269 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 2,315 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,230 kcal/cap/d | 2,166 kcal/cap/d | 2,307 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,272 kcal/cap/d | 2,245 kcal/cap/d | 2,315 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in Afghanistan?
- Grand total — food supply in Afghanistan was 2,315 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grand total — food supply recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,315 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,166 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- How does Afghanistan rank for grand total — food supply?
- Afghanistan ranks 152nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grand Total — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.