Miscellaneous — Food supply in Africa
Africa: Miscellaneous — Food supply was 1.23 million million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Miscellaneous — Food supply in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Africa recorded 1.23 million million Kcal for miscellaneous — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of down 9.8% on the previous year and up 53.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, miscellaneous — food supply in Africa peaked at 1.37 million million Kcal in 2022 and was at its lowest, 719,728 million Kcal, in 2010.
Africa ranks 6th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 897,046 million Kcal | 719,728 million Kcal | 1.12 million million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.29 million million Kcal | 1.21 million million Kcal | 1.37 million million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 3 Philippines 369,526 million Kcal compare
- 4 Saudi Arabia 336,845 million Kcal compare
- 5 China (People’s Republic of) 327,836 million Kcal compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 301,207 million Kcal compare
- 7 Australia 296,624 million Kcal compare
- 8 China, Hong Kong SAR 294,130 million Kcal compare
- 9 France 272,240 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 15,779 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 47.50 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is miscellaneous — food supply in Africa?
- Miscellaneous — food supply in Africa was 1.23 million million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest miscellaneous — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.37 million million Kcal in 2022.
- What is the lowest miscellaneous — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 719,728 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Africa rank for miscellaneous — food supply?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is miscellaneous — food supply rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.8%. 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 Miscellaneous — Food supply (kcal). 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.