Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity was 34.59 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in Northern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Northern Africa stood at 34.59 kg/cap.
The figure is down 4.3% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Northern Africa peaked at 39 kg/cap in 2010 and was at its lowest, 32.39 kg/cap, in 2019.
That places Northern Africa 13th out of 29 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 quantity in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 39 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 38.71 kg/cap | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 34.11 kg/cap | -11.9% |
| 2013 | 34.18 kg/cap | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 34.14 kg/cap | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 35.4 kg/cap | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 33.62 kg/cap | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 33.72 kg/cap | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 33.93 kg/cap | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 32.39 kg/cap | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 36.99 kg/cap | +14.2% |
| 2021 | 35.09 kg/cap | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 36.15 kg/cap | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 34.59 kg/cap | -4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 34.92 kg/cap | 32.39 kg/cap | 39 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.7 kg/cap | 34.59 kg/cap | 36.99 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 10 Ireland 85.26 kg/cap compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 16.01 kg/cap compare
- 11 Russian Federation 84.24 kg/cap compare
- 12 Azerbaijan 83.52 kg/cap compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 5.96 kg/cap compare
- 13 Viet Nam 4.78 kg/cap compare
- 13 Canada 80.55 kg/cap compare
- 14 North Macedonia 77.2 kg/cap compare
- 14 Melanesia 4.38 kg/cap compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Northern Africa?
- Potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Northern Africa was 34.59 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 39 kg/cap in 2010.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply quantity recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.39 kg/cap in 2019.
- How does Northern Africa rank for potatoes and products — food supply quantity?
- Northern Africa ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern 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 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.