Vegetal Products — Food supply in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Vegetal Products — Food supply was 2,254 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Vegetal Products — Food supply in Southern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetal products — food supply in Southern Africa is 2,254 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetal products — food supply in Southern Africa peaked at 2,422 kcal/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2,220 kcal/cap/d, in 2021.
That places Southern Africa 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetal Products — Food supply in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,407 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,422 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 2,408 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 2,363 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 2,326 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 2,337 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 2,367 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 2,357 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,312 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 2,278 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 2,220 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 2,266 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 2,254 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,371 kcal/cap/d | 2,312 kcal/cap/d | 2,422 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,255 kcal/cap/d | 2,220 kcal/cap/d | 2,278 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetal products — food supply in Southern Africa?
- Vegetal products — food supply in Southern Africa was 2,254 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,422 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest vegetal products — food supply recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,220 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Southern Africa rank for vegetal products — food supply?
- Southern Africa ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is vegetal products — food supply rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. 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 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.