Potatoes and products — Food supply in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Potatoes and products — Food supply was 5.8 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Middle Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 5.8 kcal/cap/d for potatoes and products — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and down 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply in Middle Africa peaked at 11.05 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 5.53 kcal/cap/d, in 2022.
That places Middle Africa 15th out of 20 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11.05 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 10.79 kcal/cap/d | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 9.43 kcal/cap/d | -12.6% |
| 2013 | 9.25 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 8.52 kcal/cap/d | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 8.54 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 8.06 kcal/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 7.13 kcal/cap/d | -11.5% |
| 2018 | 6.92 kcal/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 7.01 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 6.32 kcal/cap/d | -9.8% |
| 2021 | 5.85 kcal/cap/d | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 5.53 kcal/cap/d | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 5.8 kcal/cap/d | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8.67 kcal/cap/d | 6.92 kcal/cap/d | 11.05 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.88 kcal/cap/d | 5.53 kcal/cap/d | 6.32 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 12 Canada 143.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 10.54 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Viet Nam 8.49 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Ireland 139.74 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 133.89 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Melanesia 6.83 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 North Macedonia 128.58 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 5.3 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Germany 127.61 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Micronesia 3.15 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 120.28 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Denmark 119.29 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.57 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply in Middle Africa?
- Potatoes and products — food supply in Middle Africa was 5.8 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 11.05 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.53 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Middle Africa rank for potatoes and products — food supply?
- Middle Africa ranks 15th out of 20 groups with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes and products — 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.