Sorghum and products — Food supply in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Sorghum and products — Food supply was 87.75 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Northern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 87.75 kcal/cap/d for sorghum and products — food supply in 2023.
The figure is down 37.5% on the previous year and down 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply in Northern Africa peaked at 140.44 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 11.68 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
Northern Africa ranks 5th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11.68 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 13.58 kcal/cap/d | +16.3% |
| 2012 | 119.38 kcal/cap/d | +779.1% |
| 2013 | 121.34 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 113.69 kcal/cap/d | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 112.61 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 116.06 kcal/cap/d | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 115.96 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 115.21 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 119.73 kcal/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 99.95 kcal/cap/d | -16.5% |
| 2021 | 99.64 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 140.44 kcal/cap/d | +40.9% |
| 2023 | 87.75 kcal/cap/d | -37.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum and products — Food supply in Northern Africa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +779.1% | 13.58 kcal/cap/d | 119.38 kcal/cap/d |
| 2022 | +40.9% | 99.64 kcal/cap/d | 140.44 kcal/cap/d |
| 2023 | -37.5% | 140.44 kcal/cap/d | 87.75 kcal/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 95.92 kcal/cap/d | 11.68 kcal/cap/d | 121.34 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 106.94 kcal/cap/d | 87.75 kcal/cap/d | 140.44 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 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
- 6 Mauritania 115.13 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Rwanda 110.17 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Melanesia 3.21 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.37 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 El Salvador 107.28 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum and products — food supply in Northern Africa?
- Sorghum and products — food supply in Northern Africa was 87.75 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 140.44 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.68 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Northern Africa rank for sorghum and products — food supply?
- Northern Africa ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.