Potatoes and products — Food in Africa
Africa: Potatoes and products — Food was 20,441 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — Food in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Africa recorded 20,441 1000 t for potatoes and products — food in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food in Africa peaked at 20,791 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 17,335 1000 t, in 2016.
That places Africa 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it 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 in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17,792 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 17,582 1000 t | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 18,887 1000 t | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 18,368 1000 t | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 17,719 1000 t | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 18,225 1000 t | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 17,335 1000 t | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 17,659 1000 t | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 18,670 1000 t | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 18,708 1000 t | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 20,545 1000 t | +9.8% |
| 2021 | 20,382 1000 t | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 20,791 1000 t | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 20,441 1000 t | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18,094 1000 t | 17,335 1000 t | 18,887 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,540 1000 t | 20,382 1000 t | 20,791 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food in Africa?
- Potatoes and products — food in Africa was 20,441 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 20,791 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,335 1000 t in 2016.
- How does Africa rank for potatoes and products — food?
- Africa ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes and products — Food. 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.