Palm Oil — Food supply in Africa
Africa: Palm Oil — Food supply was 96.89 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Palm Oil — Food supply in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, palm oil — food supply in Africa stood at 96.89 kcal/cap/d.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm oil — food supply in Africa peaked at 98.36 kcal/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 84.13 kcal/cap/d, in 2012.
That places Africa 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Palm Oil — Food supply in Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 86.92 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 84.78 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 84.13 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 89.66 kcal/cap/d | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 90.71 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 95.5 kcal/cap/d | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 90.74 kcal/cap/d | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 94.56 kcal/cap/d | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 92.16 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 93.75 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 97.31 kcal/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 98.36 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 96.62 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 96.89 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 90.29 kcal/cap/d | 84.13 kcal/cap/d | 95.5 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.3 kcal/cap/d | 96.62 kcal/cap/d | 98.36 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 6 Djibouti 256.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Pakistan 254.81 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 76.16 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Yemen 243.85 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Bahrain 240.28 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 75.54 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 74.81 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Nigeria 235.99 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Sweden 230.83 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 56.97 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Liberia 230.63 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Polynesia 46.51 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is palm oil — food supply in Africa?
- Palm oil — food supply in Africa was 96.89 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm oil — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 98.36 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest palm oil — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.13 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- How does Africa rank for palm oil — food supply?
- Africa ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is palm oil — food supply rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 Palm Oil — 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.