Potatoes and products — Food supply in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Potatoes and products — Food supply was 4.24 million million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Eastern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 4.24 million million Kcal for potatoes and products — food supply in 2023.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply in Eastern Africa peaked at 4.97 million million Kcal in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3.43 million million Kcal, in 2016.
Eastern Africa ranks 20th of 29 groups on this measure, 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4.70 million million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 4.49 million million Kcal | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 4.97 million million Kcal | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 4.47 million million Kcal | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 3.90 million million Kcal | -12.6% |
| 2015 | 3.85 million million Kcal | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 3.43 million million Kcal | -10.9% |
| 2017 | 3.47 million million Kcal | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 3.95 million million Kcal | +13.7% |
| 2019 | 4.02 million million Kcal | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 4.14 million million Kcal | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 4.29 million million Kcal | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 4.26 million million Kcal | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 4.24 million million Kcal | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.13 million million Kcal | 3.43 million million Kcal | 4.97 million million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.23 million million Kcal | 4.14 million million Kcal | 4.29 million million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 17 Timor-Leste 2,680 million Kcal compare
- 17 Nepal 1.90 million million Kcal compare
- 18 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,337 million Kcal compare
- 18 Colombia 1.87 million million Kcal compare
- 19 Micronesia 360.01 million Kcal compare
- 19 Spain 1.84 million million Kcal compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 3.94 million Kcal compare
- 20 Italy 1.77 million million Kcal compare
- 21 Algeria 1.75 million million Kcal compare
- 22 Mexico 1.44 million million Kcal compare
- 23 South Africa 1.31 million million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 13.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 7.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -4.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate -1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 10.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2281 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1813 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 7.92 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply in Eastern Africa?
- Potatoes and products — food supply in Eastern Africa was 4.24 million million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4.97 million million Kcal in 2012.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.43 million million Kcal in 2016.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for potatoes and products — food supply?
- Eastern Africa ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern 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). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.