Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply was 1.7 g/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply in Ethiopia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/cap/d.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 1.7 g/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in 2023.
The figure is up 21.4% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Ethiopia peaked at 3 g/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1.4 g/cap/d, in 2021.
That places Ethiopia 110th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | g/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1.8 g/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1.8 g/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.8 g/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2 g/cap/d | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 3 g/cap/d | +50.0% |
| 2015 | 2 g/cap/d | -33.3% |
| 2016 | 1.9 g/cap/d | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 2.1 g/cap/d | +10.5% |
| 2018 | 1.8 g/cap/d | -14.3% |
| 2019 | 1.9 g/cap/d | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 2.1 g/cap/d | +10.5% |
| 2021 | 1.4 g/cap/d | -33.3% |
| 2022 | 1.4 g/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.7 g/cap/d | +21.4% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 1.7 g/cap/d is below the median for low income countries, which is 7.3 g/cap/d, 23% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 1.7 g/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8.4 g/cap/d, 20% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.01 g/cap/d | 1.8 g/cap/d | 3 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.65 g/cap/d | 1.4 g/cap/d | 2.1 g/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Ethiopia?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Ethiopia was 1.7 g/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 3 g/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4 g/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Ethiopia rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply?
- Ethiopia ranks 110th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.