Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 20 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▲ Rising
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Africa, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Africa is 20 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 16.7% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Africa peaked at 33 kcal/cap/d in 2000 and was at its lowest, 11 kcal/cap/d, in 2005.
Southern Africa ranks 15th of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 33 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 20 kcal/cap/d | -39.4% |
| 2002 | 23 kcal/cap/d | +15.0% |
| 2003 | 24 kcal/cap/d | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 26 kcal/cap/d | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 11 kcal/cap/d | -57.7% |
| 2006 | 14 kcal/cap/d | +27.3% |
| 2007 | 14 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 11 kcal/cap/d | -21.4% |
| 2009 | 11 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 11 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 27 kcal/cap/d | +145.5% |
| 2012 | 30 kcal/cap/d | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 29 kcal/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 27 kcal/cap/d | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 20 kcal/cap/d | -25.9% |
| 2016 | 17 kcal/cap/d | -15.0% |
| 2017 | 15 kcal/cap/d | -11.8% |
| 2018 | 25 kcal/cap/d | +66.7% |
| 2019 | 32 kcal/cap/d | +28.0% |
| 2020 | 31 kcal/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 19 kcal/cap/d | -38.7% |
| 2022 | 31 kcal/cap/d | +63.2% |
| 2023 | 29 kcal/cap/d | -6.5% |
| 2024 | 24 kcal/cap/d | -17.2% |
| 2025 | 20 kcal/cap/d | -16.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.7 kcal/cap/d | 11 kcal/cap/d | 33 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.3 kcal/cap/d | 11 kcal/cap/d | 32 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.67 kcal/cap/d | 19 kcal/cap/d | 31 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 12 Saudi Arabia 63 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Malta 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Sao Tome and Principe 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Solomon Islands 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Kyrgyzstan 59 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Haiti 57 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Ireland 57 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Africa?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Africa was 20 kcal/cap/d in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 33 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 kcal/cap/d in 2005.
- How does Southern Africa rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Southern Africa ranks 15th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.