Plantains — Processing by country
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...
What the numbers show
Plantains — Processing is currently reported for 8 countries. The highest value is 2,378 1000 t in Cameroon; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Kenya.
The median across all reporting countries is 30 1000 t, and the mean is 498.38 1000 t.
Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 241.4%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 84.6%).
Plantains — Processing: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameroon | 2,378 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 2 | Uganda | 792 1000 t | 2023 | up 241.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 755 1000 t | 2023 | up 90.7% | rising |
| 4 | United Republic of Tanzania | 58 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 5 | Spain | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Caribbean | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 6 | Grenada | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 8 | Kenya | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4,009 1000 t
- Africa 4,003 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4,003 1000 t
- Middle Africa 3,153 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1,626 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1,625 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 850 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 812 1000 t
- Americas 3 1000 t
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 3 1000 t
- South America 2 1000 t
- Europe 2 1000 t
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.