Sorghum and products — Food supply quantity in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Sorghum and products — Food supply quantity was 1.57 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sorghum and products — Food supply quantity in Southern Asia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 1.57 kg/cap for sorghum and products — food supply quantity in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.1% on the previous year and down 38.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply quantity in Southern Asia peaked at 3.61 kg/cap in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1.57 kg/cap, in 2023.
Southern Asia ranks 11th of 26 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sorghum and products — Food supply quantity in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3.47 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 3.61 kg/cap | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 3.28 kg/cap | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 2.55 kg/cap | -22.3% |
| 2014 | 2.81 kg/cap | +10.2% |
| 2015 | 2.77 kg/cap | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 2.17 kg/cap | -21.7% |
| 2017 | 2.28 kg/cap | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 2.34 kg/cap | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 1.68 kg/cap | -28.2% |
| 2020 | 1.87 kg/cap | +11.3% |
| 2021 | 1.86 kg/cap | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 1.85 kg/cap | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.57 kg/cap | -15.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.7 kg/cap | 1.68 kg/cap | 3.61 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.79 kg/cap | 1.57 kg/cap | 1.87 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.14 kg/cap compare
- 8 Rwanda 12.16 kg/cap compare
- 9 El Salvador 11.84 kg/cap compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.08 kg/cap compare
- 10 Micronesia 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 10 Côte d'Ivoire 2.02 kg/cap compare
- 10 Botswana 10.7 kg/cap compare
- 11 Viet Nam 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 11 Ghana 8.75 kg/cap compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 kg/cap compare
- 12 Guinea-Bissau 8.22 kg/cap compare
- 13 Yemen 4.37 kg/cap compare
- 14 Sierra Leone 4.17 kg/cap compare
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- Cereals, primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.8614 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -2.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production, annual growth rate -0.6513 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0.4607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0.4633 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum and products — food supply quantity in Southern Asia?
- Sorghum and products — food supply quantity in Southern Asia was 1.57 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food supply quantity recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.61 kg/cap in 2011.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply quantity recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.57 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Southern Asia rank for sorghum and products — food supply quantity?
- Southern Asia ranks 11th out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum and products — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.