Grand Total — Food supply in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Grand Total — Food supply was 2,662 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Grand Total — Food supply in Southern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 2,662 kcal/cap/d for grand total — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Southern Africa peaked at 2,834 kcal/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2,648 kcal/cap/d, in 2021.
Southern Africa ranks 21st of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Grand Total — Food supply in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,807 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,814 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,834 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 2,815 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 2,784 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 2,749 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 2,764 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,782 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 2,774 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,738 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 2,709 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 2,648 kcal/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 2,685 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 2,662 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,786 kcal/cap/d | 2,738 kcal/cap/d | 2,834 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,676 kcal/cap/d | 2,648 kcal/cap/d | 2,709 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 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
- 22 Australia and New Zealand 3,490 kcal/cap/d compare
- 23 France 3,490 kcal/cap/d compare
- 24 Norway 3,476 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 2.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 0.6002 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.0684 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in Southern Africa?
- Grand total — food supply in Southern Africa was 2,662 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,834 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,648 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Southern Africa rank for grand total — food supply?
- Southern Africa ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. 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 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.