Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity was 31.11 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in Southern 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 Southern Africa stood at 31.11 kg/cap.
The figure is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Southern Africa peaked at 36.06 kg/cap in 2020 and was at its lowest, 30.69 kg/cap, in 2016.
Southern Africa ranks 17th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 31.3 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 31.23 kg/cap | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 31.65 kg/cap | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 31.22 kg/cap | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 31.22 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 31.19 kg/cap | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 30.69 kg/cap | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 32 kg/cap | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 31.92 kg/cap | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 31.74 kg/cap | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 36.06 kg/cap | +13.6% |
| 2021 | 34.69 kg/cap | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 32.57 kg/cap | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 31.11 kg/cap | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 31.42 kg/cap | 30.69 kg/cap | 32 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.61 kg/cap | 31.11 kg/cap | 36.06 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 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
- 17 Micronesia 1.93 kg/cap compare
- 17 Germany 71.67 kg/cap compare
- 18 Estonia 68.52 kg/cap compare
- 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.91 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Southern Africa?
- Potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Southern Africa was 31.11 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 36.06 kg/cap in 2020.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply quantity recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.69 kg/cap in 2016.
- How does Southern Africa rank for potatoes and products — food supply quantity?
- Southern Africa ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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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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.