Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food in Namibia
Namibia: Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food was 84 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food in Namibia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 84 1000 t for sugar (raw equivalent) — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.1% on the previous year and up 71.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar (raw equivalent) — food in Namibia peaked at 84 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 43 1000 t, in 2010.
Namibia ranks 132nd of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food in Namibia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 43 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 44 1000 t | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 46 1000 t | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 49 1000 t | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 54 1000 t | +10.2% |
| 2015 | 55 1000 t | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 57 1000 t | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 58 1000 t | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 57 1000 t | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 63 1000 t | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 65 1000 t | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 68 1000 t | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 77 1000 t | +13.2% |
| 2023 | 84 1000 t | +9.1% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 84 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 216 1000 t, 39% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 84 1000 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 194.5 1000 t, 43% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 52.6 1000 t | 43 1000 t | 63 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.5 1000 t | 65 1000 t | 84 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar (raw equivalent) — food in Namibia?
- Sugar (raw equivalent) — food in Namibia was 84 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar (raw equivalent) — food recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 84 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar (raw equivalent) — food recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Namibia rank for sugar (raw equivalent) — food?
- Namibia ranks 132nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar (raw equivalent) — food rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — 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.