Vegetal Products — Food supply in Africa
Africa: Vegetal Products — Food supply was 2,368 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Vegetal Products — Food supply in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Africa recorded 2,368 kcal/cap/d for vegetal products — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetal products — food supply in Africa peaked at 2,391 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,350 kcal/cap/d, in 2012.
That places Africa 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Vegetal Products — Food supply in Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,355 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,357 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,350 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,350 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,360 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 2,361 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,352 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 2,369 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 2,377 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,369 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,372 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,376 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,391 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 2,368 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,360 kcal/cap/d | 2,350 kcal/cap/d | 2,377 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,377 kcal/cap/d | 2,368 kcal/cap/d | 2,391 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 15 Cuba 2,796 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 2,018 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,982 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Italy 2,772 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Cameroon 2,758 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Melanesia 1,956 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Republic of Korea 2,738 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 1,950 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,863 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Cabo Verde 2,348 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Dominican Republic 2,730 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,837 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Kiribati 2,698 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 Mauritius 2,692 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.2698 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 0.5254 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 0.0886 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetal products — food supply in Africa?
- Vegetal products — food supply in Africa was 2,368 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetal products — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,391 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest vegetal products — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,350 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- How does Africa rank for vegetal products — food supply?
- Africa ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is vegetal products — food supply rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetal Products — 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.