Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply was 247.23 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Southern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 247.23 kcal/cap/d for sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Southern Africa peaked at 293.3 kcal/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 247.23 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Southern Africa 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 291.42 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 292.75 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 292.28 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 293.3 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 290.46 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 289.37 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 292.27 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 292.88 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 287.77 kcal/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 284.59 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 275.65 kcal/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 264.89 kcal/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 251.4 kcal/cap/d | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 247.23 kcal/cap/d | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 290.71 kcal/cap/d | 284.59 kcal/cap/d | 293.3 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 259.79 kcal/cap/d | 247.23 kcal/cap/d | 275.65 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 14 North Macedonia 407.04 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 102.06 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Australia 405.41 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Saint Kitts and Nevis 401.68 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 United Republic of Tanzania 90.01 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Lebanon 399.62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 58.5 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Denmark 398.85 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 39.67 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Thailand 396.52 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Canada 395.67 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 31.42 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 6.31 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate -20.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.0684 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -0.9504 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Southern Africa?
- Sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in Southern Africa was 247.23 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 293.3 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 247.23 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Southern Africa rank for sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply?
- Southern Africa ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — 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.