Infant food — Food supply in Africa
Africa: Infant food — Food supply was 362,775 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Infant food — Food supply in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, infant food — food supply in Africa stood at 362,775 million Kcal.
The figure is down 4.8% on the previous year and up 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, infant food — food supply in Africa peaked at 400,733 million Kcal in 2020 and was at its lowest, 232,947 million Kcal, in 2010.
Africa ranks 7th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Infant food — Food supply in Africa, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 232,947 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 250,769 million Kcal | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 272,239 million Kcal | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 274,890 million Kcal | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 285,371 million Kcal | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 285,090 million Kcal | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 275,566 million Kcal | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 271,974 million Kcal | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 274,514 million Kcal | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 323,366 million Kcal | +17.8% |
| 2020 | 400,733 million Kcal | +23.9% |
| 2021 | 387,807 million Kcal | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 380,950 million Kcal | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 362,775 million Kcal | -4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 274,673 million Kcal | 232,947 million Kcal | 323,366 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 383,066 million Kcal | 362,775 million Kcal | 400,733 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 4 Saudi Arabia 167,947 million Kcal compare
- 5 Türkiye 54,320 million Kcal compare
- 5 Italy 126,659 million Kcal compare
- 6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 84,227 million Kcal compare
- 7 Iraq 76,750 million Kcal compare
- 7 Viet Nam 45,600 million Kcal compare
- 8 Canada 75,918 million Kcal compare
- 9 Algeria 74,217 million Kcal compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,275 million Kcal compare
- 10 Dominican Republic 48,064 million Kcal compare
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- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -1.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 5.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -1.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 6.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0042 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is infant food — food supply in Africa?
- Infant food — food supply in Africa was 362,775 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest infant food — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 400,733 million Kcal in 2020.
- What is the lowest infant food — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 232,947 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Africa rank for infant food — food supply?
- Africa ranks 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is infant food — food supply rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Infant food — Food supply (kcal). 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.