Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Africa
Africa: Maize and products — Food supply quantity was 42.38 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize and products — food supply quantity in Africa is 42.38 kg/cap, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food supply quantity in Africa peaked at 44.59 kg/cap in 2011 and was at its lowest, 41.01 kg/cap, in 2019.
That places Africa 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 43.82 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 44.59 kg/cap | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 43.22 kg/cap | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 43.36 kg/cap | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 42.98 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 42.75 kg/cap | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 42.51 kg/cap | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 43.27 kg/cap | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 42.44 kg/cap | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 41.01 kg/cap | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 41.75 kg/cap | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 41.15 kg/cap | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 41.97 kg/cap | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 42.38 kg/cap | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 42.99 kg/cap | 41.01 kg/cap | 44.59 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.81 kg/cap | 41.15 kg/cap | 42.38 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 71.41 kg/cap compare
- 2 Mexico 123.94 kg/cap compare
- 3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 55.32 kg/cap compare
- 3 Zambia 101.83 kg/cap compare
- 4 Timor-Leste 52.63 kg/cap compare
- 4 Cabo Verde 55.1 kg/cap compare
- 4 Lesotho 93.99 kg/cap compare
- 5 Paraguay 89.17 kg/cap compare
- 6 El Salvador 83.5 kg/cap compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 31.11 kg/cap compare
- 7 Guatemala 82.65 kg/cap compare
- 8 Botswana 80.22 kg/cap compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 19.02 kg/cap compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 5.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -1.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 0.5254 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 6.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 5.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.2698 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -1.13 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize and products — food supply quantity in Africa?
- Maize and products — food supply quantity in Africa was 42.38 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food supply quantity recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 44.59 kg/cap in 2011.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food supply quantity recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.01 kg/cap in 2019.
- How does Africa rank for maize and products — food supply quantity?
- Africa ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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 quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.