Groundnuts — Food supply in Namibia
Namibia: Groundnuts — Food supply was 6.56 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts — Food supply in Namibia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 6.56 kcal/cap/d for groundnuts — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of up 8.4% on the previous year and down 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts — food supply in Namibia peaked at 13.84 kcal/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1.65 kcal/cap/d, in 2011.
Namibia ranks 143rd of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Groundnuts — Food supply in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1.73 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1.65 kcal/cap/d | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 10.48 kcal/cap/d | +535.2% |
| 2013 | 8.06 kcal/cap/d | -23.1% |
| 2014 | 8.61 kcal/cap/d | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 7.78 kcal/cap/d | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 9.29 kcal/cap/d | +19.4% |
| 2017 | 9.57 kcal/cap/d | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 5.22 kcal/cap/d | -45.5% |
| 2019 | 5.57 kcal/cap/d | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 5.97 kcal/cap/d | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 13.84 kcal/cap/d | +131.8% |
| 2022 | 6.05 kcal/cap/d | -56.3% |
| 2023 | 6.56 kcal/cap/d | +8.4% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 6.56 kcal/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10.57 kcal/cap/d, 62% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 6.56 kcal/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28.52 kcal/cap/d, 23% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts — Food supply in Namibia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +535.2% | 1.65 kcal/cap/d | 10.48 kcal/cap/d |
| 2021 | +131.8% | 5.97 kcal/cap/d | 13.84 kcal/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6.8 kcal/cap/d | 1.65 kcal/cap/d | 10.48 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.11 kcal/cap/d | 5.97 kcal/cap/d | 13.84 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 140 Belarus 6.8 kcal/cap/d compare
- 141 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.73 kcal/cap/d compare
- 142 Saudi Arabia 6.71 kcal/cap/d compare
- 144 Rwanda 6.16 kcal/cap/d compare
- 145 Cambodia 6.09 kcal/cap/d compare
- 146 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5.96 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts — food supply in Namibia?
- Groundnuts — food supply in Namibia was 6.56 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts — food supply recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 13.84 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest groundnuts — food supply recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.65 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Namibia rank for groundnuts — food supply?
- Namibia ranks 143rd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is groundnuts — food supply rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts — 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.