Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value was 48 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Afghanistan, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Afghanistan is 48 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.7% on the previous year and up 84.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Afghanistan peaked at 48 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10 kcal/cap/d, in 2011.
That places Afghanistan 145th out of 163 countries 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.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 10 kcal/cap/d | -16.7% |
| 2012 | 11 kcal/cap/d | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 26 kcal/cap/d | +136.4% |
| 2014 | 24 kcal/cap/d | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 25 kcal/cap/d | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 27 kcal/cap/d | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 41 kcal/cap/d | +51.9% |
| 2018 | 42 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 47 kcal/cap/d | +11.9% |
| 2020 | 38 kcal/cap/d | -19.1% |
| 2021 | 40 kcal/cap/d | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 45 kcal/cap/d | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 48 kcal/cap/d | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 26.5 kcal/cap/d | 10 kcal/cap/d | 47 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.75 kcal/cap/d | 38 kcal/cap/d | 48 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Afghanistan?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Afghanistan was 48 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 48 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Afghanistan rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value?
- Afghanistan ranks 145th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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 — Energy 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.