Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity was 0.91 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Democratic Republic of the Congo is 0.91 kg/cap, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 1.46 kg/cap in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.91 kg/cap, in 2023.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 18th of 20 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1.38 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 1.39 kg/cap | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 1.39 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.41 kg/cap | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 1.45 kg/cap | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 1.46 kg/cap | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1.44 kg/cap | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 1.38 kg/cap | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 1.24 kg/cap | -10.1% |
| 2019 | 1.24 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.94 kg/cap | -24.2% |
| 2021 | 0.98 kg/cap | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 0.93 kg/cap | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 0.91 kg/cap | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.38 kg/cap | 1.24 kg/cap | 1.46 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.94 kg/cap | 0.91 kg/cap | 0.98 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 75.96 kg/cap compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 2.98 kg/cap compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 72.1 kg/cap compare
- 17 Micronesia 1.93 kg/cap compare
- 17 Germany 71.67 kg/cap compare
- 18 Estonia 68.52 kg/cap compare
- 19 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.48 kg/cap compare
- 19 Denmark 68.24 kg/cap compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.03 kg/cap compare
- 20 Cabo Verde 26.06 kg/cap compare
- 20 Australia 66.97 kg/cap compare
- 21 Portugal 65.48 kg/cap compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 0.91 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food supply quantity recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1.46 kg/cap in 2015.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply quantity recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.91 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for potatoes and products — food supply quantity?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 18th out of 20 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the Congo data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.