Pepper — Food in Africa
Africa: Pepper — Food was 134 1000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Pepper — Food in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pepper — food in Africa is 134 1000 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 346.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper — food in Africa peaked at 135 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 29 1000 t, in 2014.
That places Africa 6th out of 30 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pepper — Food in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 32 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 31 1000 t | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 32 1000 t | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 30 1000 t | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 29 1000 t | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 31 1000 t | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 29 1000 t | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 30 1000 t | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 45 1000 t | +50.0% |
| 2019 | 117 1000 t | +160.0% |
| 2020 | 132 1000 t | +12.8% |
| 2021 | 132 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 135 1000 t | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 134 1000 t | -0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pepper — Food in Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +160.0% | 45 1000 t | 117 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 40.6 1000 t | 29 1000 t | 117 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 133.25 1000 t | 132 1000 t | 135 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 3 India 78 1000 t compare
- 4 Burkina Faso 71 1000 t compare
- 5 United States 58 1000 t compare
- 6 China 41 1000 t compare
- 7 Iraq 38 1000 t compare
- 8 China, mainland 37 1000 t compare
- 8 Indonesia 37 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper — food in Africa?
- Pepper — food in Africa was 134 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper — food recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 135 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest pepper — food recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 29 1000 t in 2014.
- How does Africa rank for pepper — food?
- Africa ranks 6th out of 30 groups with data for 2023.
- Is pepper — food rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 346.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pepper — Food. 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.