Starchy Roots — Food in Africa
Africa: Starchy Roots — Food was 229,749 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Africa recorded 229,749 1000 t for starchy roots — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food in Africa peaked at 229,749 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 154,180 1000 t, in 2010.
Africa ranks 2nd of 31 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 175,095 1000 t | 154,180 1000 t | 201,478 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 218,692 1000 t | 207,517 1000 t | 229,749 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 China 99,687 1000 t compare
- 2 China, mainland 99,117 1000 t compare
- 3 Nigeria 64,499 1000 t compare
- 4 India 46,634 1000 t compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 43,143 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 15,779 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food in Africa?
- Starchy roots — food in Africa was 229,749 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 229,749 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 154,180 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Africa rank for starchy roots — food?
- Africa ranks 2nd out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.0%. 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 Starchy Roots — 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.