Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Maize and products — Food supply quantity was 79.69 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Southern 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 Southern Africa is 79.69 kg/cap, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food supply quantity in Southern Africa peaked at 94.59 kg/cap in 2014 and was at its lowest, 72.77 kg/cap, in 2021.
That places Southern Africa 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 92.08 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 91.84 kg/cap | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 90.86 kg/cap | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 90.76 kg/cap | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 94.59 kg/cap | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 94.34 kg/cap | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 92.26 kg/cap | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 93.39 kg/cap | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 92.83 kg/cap | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 81.6 kg/cap | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 77.8 kg/cap | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 72.77 kg/cap | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 77.4 kg/cap | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 79.69 kg/cap | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 91.45 kg/cap | 81.6 kg/cap | 94.59 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.91 kg/cap | 72.77 kg/cap | 79.69 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 1 Malawi 128.27 kg/cap compare
- 1 United Republic of Tanzania 80.43 kg/cap compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is maize and products — food supply quantity in Southern Africa?
- Maize and products — food supply quantity in Southern Africa was 79.69 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 94.59 kg/cap in 2014.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food supply quantity recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 72.77 kg/cap in 2021.
- How does Southern Africa rank for maize and products — food supply quantity?
- Southern Africa ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern 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.