Plantains — Food in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Plantains — Food was 11,857 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Plantains — Food in Eastern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 11,857 1000 t for plantains — food in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 147.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food in Eastern Africa peaked at 12,364 1000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,791 1000 t, in 2013.
That places Eastern Africa 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Plantains — Food in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,038 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 5,029 1000 t | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 4,848 1000 t | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 4,791 1000 t | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 5,760 1000 t | +20.2% |
| 2015 | 5,865 1000 t | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 5,038 1000 t | -14.1% |
| 2017 | 5,941 1000 t | +17.9% |
| 2018 | 7,421 1000 t | +24.9% |
| 2019 | 10,091 1000 t | +36.0% |
| 2020 | 12,364 1000 t | +22.5% |
| 2021 | 11,251 1000 t | -9.0% |
| 2022 | 11,934 1000 t | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 11,857 1000 t | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5,982 1000 t | 4,791 1000 t | 10,091 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,852 1000 t | 11,251 1000 t | 12,364 1000 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains — food in Eastern Africa?
- Plantains — food in Eastern Africa was 11,857 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 12,364 1000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest plantains — food recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,791 1000 t in 2013.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for plantains — food?
- Eastern Africa ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 147.5%. 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. 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.