Starchy Roots — Food supply quantity in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Starchy Roots — Food supply quantity was 38.42 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food supply quantity in Southern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 38.42 kg/cap for starchy roots — food supply quantity in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply quantity in Southern Africa peaked at 43.46 kg/cap in 2020 and was at its lowest, 37.99 kg/cap, in 2016.
Southern Africa ranks 24th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply quantity in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 38.52 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 38.52 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 39 kg/cap | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 38.65 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 38.68 kg/cap | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 38.69 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 37.99 kg/cap | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 39.49 kg/cap | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 39.38 kg/cap | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 39.2 kg/cap | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 43.46 kg/cap | +10.9% |
| 2021 | 42.04 kg/cap | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 40.31 kg/cap | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 38.42 kg/cap | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 38.81 kg/cap | 37.99 kg/cap | 39.49 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.06 kg/cap | 38.42 kg/cap | 43.46 kg/cap | 4 |
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- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -0.3278 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 3.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 3.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 3.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.47 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food supply quantity in Southern Africa?
- Starchy roots — food supply quantity in Southern Africa was 38.42 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply quantity recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 43.46 kg/cap in 2020.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply quantity recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.99 kg/cap in 2016.
- How does Southern Africa rank for starchy roots — food supply quantity?
- Southern Africa ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply quantity rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Starchy Roots — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.