Grand Total — Food supply in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Grand Total — Food supply was 2,347 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Grand Total — Food supply in Eastern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, grand total — food supply in Eastern Africa stood at 2,347 kcal/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Eastern Africa peaked at 2,356 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,186 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Eastern Africa 29th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Grand Total — Food supply in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,186 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,201 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 2,215 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 2,230 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 2,247 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 2,256 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 2,223 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 2,264 kcal/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 2,291 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 2,265 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 2,322 kcal/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 2,320 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,356 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 2,347 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,238 kcal/cap/d | 2,186 kcal/cap/d | 2,291 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,336 kcal/cap/d | 2,320 kcal/cap/d | 2,356 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 26 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3,467 kcal/cap/d compare
- 27 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,458 kcal/cap/d compare
- 28 Croatia 3,448 kcal/cap/d compare
- 29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3,435 kcal/cap/d compare
- 30 Tunisia 3,432 kcal/cap/d compare
- 31 Republic of Korea 3,430 kcal/cap/d compare
- 32 Brazil 3,423 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals, annual growth rate 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 10.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0923 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2095 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate -12.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate -8.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -3.03 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in Eastern Africa?
- Grand total — food supply in Eastern Africa was 2,347 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,356 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,186 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for grand total — food supply?
- Eastern Africa ranks 29th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.