Starchy Roots — Food supply in Eswatini
Eswatini: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 77,896 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Eswatini, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starchy roots — food supply in Eswatini is 77,896 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.8% on the previous year and up 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Eswatini peaked at 84,445 million Kcal in 2022 and was at its lowest, 54,946 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Eswatini 148th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 54,946 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 55,857 million Kcal | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 58,735 million Kcal | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 57,631 million Kcal | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 61,581 million Kcal | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 64,244 million Kcal | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 62,403 million Kcal | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 61,904 million Kcal | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 62,502 million Kcal | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 64,064 million Kcal | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 63,247 million Kcal | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 65,731 million Kcal | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 84,445 million Kcal | +28.5% |
| 2023 | 77,896 million Kcal | -7.8% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 77,896 million Kcal is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 827,551 million Kcal, 9% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 77,896 million Kcal is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.14 million million Kcal, 7% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starchy Roots — Food supply in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +28.5% | 65,731 million Kcal | 84,445 million Kcal |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 60,387 million Kcal | 54,946 million Kcal | 64,244 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,830 million Kcal | 63,247 million Kcal | 84,445 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food supply in Eswatini?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Eswatini was 77,896 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 84,445 million Kcal in 2022.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,946 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Eswatini rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Eswatini ranks 148th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Starchy Roots — Food supply (kcal). 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.