Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Namibia
Namibia: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value was 253 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Namibia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Namibia stood at 253 kcal/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 16.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Namibia peaked at 308 kcal/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 253 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Namibia ranks 31st of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 296 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 299 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 308 kcal/cap/d | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 303 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 302 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 302 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 289 kcal/cap/d | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 290 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 271 kcal/cap/d | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 268 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 261 kcal/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 260 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 258 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 253 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 292.8 kcal/cap/d | 268 kcal/cap/d | 308 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 258 kcal/cap/d | 253 kcal/cap/d | 261 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Namibia?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Namibia was 253 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 308 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 253 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Namibia rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value?
- Namibia ranks 31st out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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.