Potatoes and products — Losses in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Potatoes and products — Losses was 125 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Potatoes and products — Losses in Southern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 125 1000 t for potatoes and products — losses in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — losses in Southern Africa peaked at 199 1000 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 125 1000 t, in 2023.
That places Southern Africa 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Losses in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 167 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 176 1000 t | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 179 1000 t | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 175 1000 t | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 182 1000 t | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 199 1000 t | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 174 1000 t | -12.6% |
| 2017 | 197 1000 t | +13.2% |
| 2018 | 198 1000 t | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 132 1000 t | -33.3% |
| 2020 | 137 1000 t | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 134 1000 t | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 129 1000 t | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 125 1000 t | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 177.9 1000 t | 132 1000 t | 199 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 131.25 1000 t | 125 1000 t | 137 1000 t | 4 |
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- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 3.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 3.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.1597 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — losses in Southern Africa?
- Potatoes and products — losses in Southern Africa was 125 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — losses recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 199 1000 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — losses recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 125 1000 t in 2023.
- How does Southern Africa rank for potatoes and products — losses?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — losses rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Losses. 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.