Rice and products — Food in Namibia
Namibia: Rice and products — Food was 46 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Food in Namibia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, rice and products — food in Namibia stood at 46 1000 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 12.2% on the previous year and up 76.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food in Namibia peaked at 46 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23 1000 t, in 2014.
That places Namibia 129th out of 182 countries 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 26.9 1000 t | 23 1000 t | 35 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 37 1000 t | 29 1000 t | 46 1000 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture share gdp 6.99 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.99 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 49.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 1.52 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.05 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 8,862 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice and products — food in Namibia?
- Rice and products — food in Namibia was 46 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 46 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23 1000 t in 2014.
- How does Namibia rank for rice and products — food?
- Namibia ranks 129th out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice 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.