Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Africa

Africa: Vegetable Oils — Food supply was 240.51 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
240.51 kcal/cap/d
Change on year
down 2.2%
Rank
25th
of 29 groups
All-time high
245.83 kcal/cap/d
in 2022
All-time low
222.17 kcal/cap/d
in 2014
Years of data
14
2010–2023

Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Africa, 2010–2023

0501001502002502010201620232010: 226.9 kcal/cap/d2011: 225.3 kcal/cap/d2012: 223.5 kcal/cap/d2013: 227.1 kcal/cap/d2014: 222.2 kcal/cap/d2015: 226.1 kcal/cap/d2016: 225.9 kcal/cap/d2017: 230.5 kcal/cap/d2018: 231.7 kcal/cap/d2019: 236.4 kcal/cap/d2020: 244.8 kcal/cap/d2021: 243.3 kcal/cap/d2022: 245.8 kcal/cap/d2023: 240.5 kcal/cap/d

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.

Analysis

In 2023, vegetable oils — food supply in Africa stood at 240.51 kcal/cap/d.

The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, vegetable oils — food supply in Africa peaked at 245.83 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 222.17 kcal/cap/d, in 2014.

Africa ranks 25th 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.

Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Africa, year by year

Annual values for Vegetable Oils — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) in Africa, 2010 to 2023.
Year kcal/cap/d Change
2010 226.87 kcal/cap/d
2011 225.33 kcal/cap/d -0.7%
2012 223.47 kcal/cap/d -0.8%
2013 227.14 kcal/cap/d +1.6%
2014 222.17 kcal/cap/d -2.2%
2015 226.06 kcal/cap/d +1.8%
2016 225.88 kcal/cap/d -0.1%
2017 230.46 kcal/cap/d +2.0%
2018 231.7 kcal/cap/d +0.5%
2019 236.41 kcal/cap/d +2.0%
2020 244.78 kcal/cap/d +3.5%
2021 243.26 kcal/cap/d -0.6%
2022 245.83 kcal/cap/d +1.1%
2023 240.51 kcal/cap/d -2.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 227.55 kcal/cap/d 222.17 kcal/cap/d 236.41 kcal/cap/d 10
2020s 243.59 kcal/cap/d 240.51 kcal/cap/d 245.83 kcal/cap/d 4

Countries ranked near Africa

  1. 22 Trinidad and Tobago 529.02 kcal/cap/d compare
  2. 23 Bahrain 517.97 kcal/cap/d compare
  3. 24 Ecuador 502.03 kcal/cap/d compare
  4. 25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 500.49 kcal/cap/d compare
  5. 26 Libya 497.31 kcal/cap/d compare
  6. 27 Honduras 487.13 kcal/cap/d compare
  7. 28 Guinea-Bissau 482.36 kcal/cap/d compare

See the full ranking of 213 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is vegetable oils — food supply in Africa?
Vegetable oils — food supply in Africa was 240.51 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest vegetable oils — food supply recorded in Africa?
The highest recorded value was 245.83 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
What is the lowest vegetable oils — food supply recorded in Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 222.17 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
How does Africa rank for vegetable oils — food supply?
Africa ranks 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
Is vegetable oils — food supply rising or falling in Africa?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. 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 Vegetable Oils — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Vegetable Oils — Food supply (kcal/capita/day)
Unit
kcal/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
213 places, 2,901 data points, 2010–2023
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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.