Sorghum and products — Food in Africa
Africa: Sorghum and products — Food was 19,229 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sorghum and products — Food in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Africa recorded 19,229 1000 t for sorghum and products — food in 2023.
The figure is down 9.3% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food in Africa peaked at 21,207 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 13,265 1000 t, in 2011.
Africa ranks 2nd of 26 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sorghum and products — Food in Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13,997 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 13,265 1000 t | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 16,358 1000 t | +23.3% |
| 2013 | 17,031 1000 t | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 17,281 1000 t | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 17,877 1000 t | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 18,514 1000 t | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 18,211 1000 t | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 18,514 1000 t | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 20,047 1000 t | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 19,432 1000 t | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 18,890 1000 t | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 21,207 1000 t | +12.3% |
| 2023 | 19,229 1000 t | -9.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 17,110 1000 t | 13,265 1000 t | 20,047 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,690 1000 t | 18,890 1000 t | 21,207 1000 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum and products — food in Africa?
- Sorghum and products — food in Africa was 19,229 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 21,207 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,265 1000 t in 2011.
- How does Africa rank for sorghum and products — food?
- Africa ranks 2nd out of 26 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum and products — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.