Rice and products — Food supply quantity in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Rice and products — Food supply quantity was 31.02 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Food supply quantity in Eastern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, rice and products — food supply quantity in Eastern Africa stood at 31.02 kg/cap. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food supply quantity in Eastern Africa peaked at 31.02 kg/cap in 2023 and was at its lowest, 22.89 kg/cap, in 2011.
Eastern Africa ranks 13th 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.
Rice and products — Food supply quantity in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23.1 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 22.89 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 24.09 kg/cap | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 23.45 kg/cap | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 25.17 kg/cap | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 25.51 kg/cap | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 25.75 kg/cap | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 26.53 kg/cap | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 27.89 kg/cap | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 26.25 kg/cap | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 28.21 kg/cap | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 30.24 kg/cap | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 30.94 kg/cap | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 31.02 kg/cap | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 25.06 kg/cap | 22.89 kg/cap | 27.89 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.1 kg/cap | 28.21 kg/cap | 31.02 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54.55 kg/cap compare
- 10 Sri Lanka 184.36 kg/cap compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 48.11 kg/cap compare
- 11 Thailand 172.49 kg/cap compare
- 12 Bhutan 172.4 kg/cap compare
- 12 Micronesia (Federated States of) 44.82 kg/cap compare
- 13 Guinea 168.54 kg/cap compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 43.37 kg/cap compare
- 14 Cuba 164.26 kg/cap compare
- 14 Polynesia 36.99 kg/cap compare
- 15 Liberia 162.41 kg/cap compare
- 15 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 34.44 kg/cap compare
- 16 Madagascar 150.4 kg/cap compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 9.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.1174 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2095 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0923 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 10.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 7.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate -1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice and products — food supply quantity in Eastern Africa?
- Rice and products — food supply quantity in Eastern Africa was 31.02 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food supply quantity recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 31.02 kg/cap in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food supply quantity recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.89 kg/cap in 2011.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for rice and products — food supply quantity?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice 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.