Rice and products — Import quantity in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Rice and products — Import quantity was 2,115 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Rice and products — Import quantity in Southern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, rice and products — import quantity in Southern Africa stood at 2,115 1000 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.9% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — import quantity in Southern Africa peaked at 2,115 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,128 1000 t, in 2015.
That places Southern Africa 20th 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.
Rice and products — Import quantity in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,217 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,459 1000 t | +19.9% |
| 2012 | 2,045 1000 t | +40.2% |
| 2013 | 2,072 1000 t | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1,534 1000 t | -26.0% |
| 2015 | 1,128 1000 t | -26.5% |
| 2016 | 1,672 1000 t | +48.2% |
| 2017 | 1,842 1000 t | +10.2% |
| 2018 | 1,834 1000 t | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,677 1000 t | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 1,781 1000 t | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 1,740 1000 t | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 1,810 1000 t | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 2,115 1000 t | +16.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,648 1000 t | 1,128 1000 t | 2,072 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,862 1000 t | 1,740 1000 t | 2,115 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rice and products — import quantity in Southern Africa?
- Rice and products — import quantity in Southern Africa was 2,115 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — import quantity recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,115 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest rice and products — import quantity recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,128 1000 t in 2015.
- How does Southern Africa rank for rice and products — import quantity?
- Southern Africa ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — import quantity rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice and products — Import quantity. 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.