Infant food — Food in Africa
Africa: Infant food — Food was 118 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Infant food — Food in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for infant food — food in Africa is 118 1000 t, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 4.8% on the previous year and up 31.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, infant food — food in Africa peaked at 131 1000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 76 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Africa 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Infant food — Food in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 76 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 82 1000 t | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 89 1000 t | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 90 1000 t | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 93 1000 t | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 93 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 90 1000 t | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 89 1000 t | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 89 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 105 1000 t | +18.0% |
| 2020 | 131 1000 t | +24.8% |
| 2021 | 126 1000 t | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 124 1000 t | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 118 1000 t | -4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 89.6 1000 t | 76 1000 t | 105 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 124.75 1000 t | 118 1000 t | 131 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 4 Saudi Arabia 55 1000 t compare
- 5 Italy 41 1000 t compare
- 6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 27 1000 t compare
- 7 Iraq 25 1000 t compare
- 7 Canada 25 1000 t compare
- 9 Algeria 24 1000 t compare
- 10 Dominican Republic 16 1000 t compare
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- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0042 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 4.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -1.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 5.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is infant food — food in Africa?
- Infant food — food in Africa was 118 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest infant food — food recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 131 1000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest infant food — food recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 76 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Africa rank for infant food — food?
- Africa ranks 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is infant food — food rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.1%. 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. 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.