Rice and products — Food supply quantity in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Rice and products — Food supply quantity was 20.3 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Food supply quantity in Middle 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 Middle Africa stood at 20.3 kg/cap.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.0% on the previous year and up 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food supply quantity in Middle Africa peaked at 22.3 kg/cap in 2022 and was at its lowest, 15.75 kg/cap, in 2010.
That places Middle Africa 16th out of 20 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Rice and products — Food supply quantity in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15.75 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 16.21 kg/cap | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 17.28 kg/cap | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 17.53 kg/cap | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 17.83 kg/cap | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 18.67 kg/cap | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 19.3 kg/cap | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 19.75 kg/cap | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 21.08 kg/cap | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 21.16 kg/cap | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 20.85 kg/cap | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 21.98 kg/cap | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 22.3 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 20.3 kg/cap | -9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 18.46 kg/cap | 15.75 kg/cap | 21.16 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.36 kg/cap | 20.3 kg/cap | 22.3 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 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
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16.77 kg/cap compare
- 17 Nepal 135.37 kg/cap compare
- 18 China, mainland 130.08 kg/cap compare
- 18 Türkiye 15.31 kg/cap compare
- 19 China 128.52 kg/cap compare
- 19 Syrian Arab Republic 10.39 kg/cap compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 6.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -4.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -5.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -1.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 0.6756 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice and products — food supply quantity in Middle Africa?
- Rice and products — food supply quantity in Middle Africa was 20.3 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 22.3 kg/cap in 2022.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food supply quantity recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.75 kg/cap in 2010.
- How does Middle Africa rank for rice and products — food supply quantity?
- Middle Africa ranks 16th out of 20 groups with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle 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.