Starchy Roots — Food in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Starchy Roots — Food was 2,774 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food in Southern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, starchy roots — food in Southern Africa stood at 2,774 1000 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food in Southern Africa peaked at 3,002 1000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,296 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Southern Africa 27th out of 29 groups 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 in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,296 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 2,325 1000 t | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 2,389 1000 t | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 2,406 1000 t | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 2,448 1000 t | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 2,497 1000 t | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 2,477 1000 t | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 2,595 1000 t | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 2,632 1000 t | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 2,664 1000 t | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 3,002 1000 t | +12.7% |
| 2021 | 2,950 1000 t | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 2,871 1000 t | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 2,774 1000 t | -3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,473 1000 t | 2,296 1000 t | 2,664 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,899 1000 t | 2,774 1000 t | 3,002 1000 t | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food in Southern Africa?
- Starchy roots — food in Southern Africa was 2,774 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,002 1000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,296 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Southern Africa rank for starchy roots — food?
- Southern Africa ranks 27th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. 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. 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.