Maize and products — Food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Maize and products — Food supply was 274.54 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Maize and products — Food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, maize and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 274.54 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 274.54 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 244.46 kcal/cap/d, in 2019.
That places Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 6th out of 20 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Maize and products — Food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 252.02 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 260.48 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 255.08 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 252.18 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 251.85 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 247.43 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 248.19 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 256.37 kcal/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 252.51 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 244.46 kcal/cap/d | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 253.36 kcal/cap/d | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 258.13 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 270.12 kcal/cap/d | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 274.54 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 252.06 kcal/cap/d | 244.46 kcal/cap/d | 260.48 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 264.04 kcal/cap/d | 253.36 kcal/cap/d | 274.54 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 446.72 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Zambia 856.78 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 356.32 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Cabo Verde 401.28 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Lesotho 848.8 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 275.93 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Paraguay 771.1 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 El Salvador 767.14 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Eswatini 761.3 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 175.12 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Guatemala 759.37 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Viet Nam 132.49 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Honduras 726.8 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is maize and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Maize and products — food supply in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 274.54 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food supply recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 274.54 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food supply recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 244.46 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for maize and products — food supply?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 6th out of 20 groups with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food supply rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.