Maize and products — Food supply in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Maize and products — Food supply was 232.06 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Maize and products — Food supply in Middle Africa, 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 Middle Africa stood at 232.06 kcal/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food supply in Middle Africa peaked at 248.18 kcal/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 232.06 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Middle Africa 7th out of 20 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Maize and products — Food supply in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 234.96 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 236.8 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 240.13 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 240.84 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 246.38 kcal/cap/d | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 246.38 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 247.02 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 248.18 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 239.32 kcal/cap/d | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 239.11 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 242.91 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 232.39 kcal/cap/d | -4.3% |
| 2022 | 232.44 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 232.06 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 241.91 kcal/cap/d | 234.96 kcal/cap/d | 248.18 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 234.95 kcal/cap/d | 232.06 kcal/cap/d | 242.91 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 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
- 10 Türkiye 126.76 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Uganda 649.54 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 6.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate 0.7626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize and products — food supply in Middle Africa?
- Maize and products — food supply in Middle Africa was 232.06 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 248.18 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food supply recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 232.06 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Middle Africa rank for maize and products — food supply?
- Middle Africa ranks 7th out of 20 groups with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food supply rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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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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.