Grand Total — Food supply in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Grand Total — Food supply was 2,230 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Grand Total — Food supply in Middle Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grand total — food supply in Middle Africa is 2,230 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Middle Africa peaked at 2,339 kcal/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2,230 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Middle Africa ranks 18th of 20 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Grand Total — Food supply in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,316 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,339 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 2,320 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 2,318 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,339 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 2,305 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 2,278 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 2,296 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 2,288 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 2,287 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,239 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 2,249 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 2,253 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,230 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,309 kcal/cap/d | 2,278 kcal/cap/d | 2,339 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,243 kcal/cap/d | 2,230 kcal/cap/d | 2,253 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 15 Portugal 3,553 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 2,277 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Hungary 3,549 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Melanesia 2,269 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Germany 3,535 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Syrian Arab Republic 2,259 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Côte d'Ivoire 2,938 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Russian Federation 3,528 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 China, mainland 3,527 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,015 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Cabo Verde 2,794 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,981 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Luxembourg 3,522 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 China 3,514 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 6.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -4.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -5.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 0.6756 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in Middle Africa?
- Grand total — food supply in Middle Africa was 2,230 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,339 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,230 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Middle Africa rank for grand total — food supply?
- Middle Africa ranks 18th out of 20 groups with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Middle 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.