Wheat and products — Food supply in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Wheat and products — Food supply was 1,370 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Wheat and products — Food supply in Afghanistan, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat and products — food supply in Afghanistan is 1,370 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food supply in Afghanistan peaked at 1,464 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1,304 kcal/cap/d, in 2021.
Afghanistan ranks 4th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Wheat and products — Food supply in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,464 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,402 kcal/cap/d | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 1,355 kcal/cap/d | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 1,387 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 1,360 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 1,369 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,400 kcal/cap/d | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 1,403 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,363 kcal/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 1,344 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 1,348 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,304 kcal/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 1,340 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 1,370 kcal/cap/d | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,385 kcal/cap/d | 1,344 kcal/cap/d | 1,464 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,341 kcal/cap/d | 1,304 kcal/cap/d | 1,370 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 1 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,207 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Serbia 1,727 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Tunisia 1,475 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Türkiye 1,193 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Azerbaijan 1,425 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 1,144 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 800 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Morocco 1,361 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Polynesia 602.51 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Algeria 1,267 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Micronesia 370.74 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 1,212 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat and products — food supply in Afghanistan?
- Wheat and products — food supply in Afghanistan was 1,370 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,464 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,304 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Afghanistan rank for wheat and products — food supply?
- Afghanistan ranks 4th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food supply rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat and 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.