Sorghum and products — Food supply in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sorghum and products — Food supply was 72.59 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Middle Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 72.59 kcal/cap/d for sorghum and products — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply in Middle Africa peaked at 84.4 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 67.01 kcal/cap/d, in 2021.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 84.4 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 82.13 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 83 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 81.15 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 77.29 kcal/cap/d | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 71.92 kcal/cap/d | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 75.24 kcal/cap/d | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 74.08 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 72.94 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 71.89 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 72.59 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 67.01 kcal/cap/d | -7.7% |
| 2022 | 75.31 kcal/cap/d | +12.4% |
| 2023 | 72.59 kcal/cap/d | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 77.4 kcal/cap/d | 71.89 kcal/cap/d | 84.4 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.88 kcal/cap/d | 67.01 kcal/cap/d | 75.31 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 Burkina Faso 392.1 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Niger 390.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Cameroon 274.66 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 United Republic of Tanzania 40.34 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Nigeria 201.35 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 8.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Ethiopia 200.03 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum and products — food supply in Middle Africa?
- Sorghum and products — food supply in Middle Africa was 72.59 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 84.4 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.01 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sorghum and products — food supply?
- Middle Africa ranks 2nd out of 12 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.