Spices — Food supply in Africa
Africa: Spices — Food supply was 10.78 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Spices — Food supply in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, spices — food supply in Africa stood at 10.78 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spices — food supply in Africa peaked at 12.1 kcal/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 9.4 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Africa 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Spices — Food supply in Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9.4 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 10.82 kcal/cap/d | +15.1% |
| 2012 | 10.32 kcal/cap/d | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 11.01 kcal/cap/d | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 10.01 kcal/cap/d | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 10.3 kcal/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 10.43 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 10.46 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 10.68 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 11.15 kcal/cap/d | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 11.97 kcal/cap/d | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 12.1 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 10.64 kcal/cap/d | -12.1% |
| 2023 | 10.78 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 10.46 kcal/cap/d | 9.4 kcal/cap/d | 11.15 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.37 kcal/cap/d | 10.64 kcal/cap/d | 12.1 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 10 Sri Lanka 48 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.24 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Malaysia 40.87 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 3.08 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Seychelles 40.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Qatar 40.24 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Maldives 36.22 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 India 35.54 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Ethiopia 34.46 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
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- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3138 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -2.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -1.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 4.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -1.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 5.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -1.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0042 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spices — food supply in Africa?
- Spices — food supply in Africa was 10.78 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spices — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 12.1 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest spices — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.4 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Africa rank for spices — food supply?
- Africa ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is spices — food supply rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. 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 Spices — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.