Plantains — Food supply in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Plantains — Food supply was 49.98 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Plantains — Food supply in Eastern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plantains — food supply in Eastern Africa is 49.98 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 84.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food supply in Eastern Africa peaked at 56.36 kcal/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 26.27 kcal/cap/d, in 2016.
Eastern Africa ranks 3rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Plantains — Food supply in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 30.95 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 30.06 kcal/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 28.21 kcal/cap/d | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 27.12 kcal/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 31.72 kcal/cap/d | +17.0% |
| 2015 | 31.43 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 26.27 kcal/cap/d | -16.4% |
| 2017 | 30.12 kcal/cap/d | +14.7% |
| 2018 | 36.6 kcal/cap/d | +21.5% |
| 2019 | 47.27 kcal/cap/d | +29.2% |
| 2020 | 56.36 kcal/cap/d | +19.2% |
| 2021 | 49.95 kcal/cap/d | -11.4% |
| 2022 | 51.64 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 49.98 kcal/cap/d | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 31.98 kcal/cap/d | 26.27 kcal/cap/d | 47.27 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.98 kcal/cap/d | 49.95 kcal/cap/d | 56.36 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71.85 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Côte d'Ivoire 110.87 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Uganda 419.4 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Sao Tome and Principe 304.62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Ghana 246.17 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Gabon 222.73 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54.75 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Guyana 189.78 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 38.25 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Dominican Republic 187.28 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0923 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2095 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate -12.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate -8.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.11 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -3.03 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains — food supply in Eastern Africa?
- Plantains — food supply in Eastern Africa was 49.98 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food supply recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 56.36 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest plantains — food supply recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.27 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for plantains — food supply?
- Eastern Africa ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food supply rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plantains — 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.