Wheat and products — Food supply in Africa
Africa: Wheat and products — Food supply was 336.45 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Wheat and products — Food supply in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Africa recorded 336.45 kcal/cap/d for wheat and products — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food supply in Africa peaked at 362.18 kcal/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 336.45 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Africa ranks 21st of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Wheat and products — Food supply in Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 356.39 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 358.2 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 357.46 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 355.44 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 362.18 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 358.57 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 359.13 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 359.05 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 359.75 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 357.03 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 358.02 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 360.56 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 344.76 kcal/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 336.45 kcal/cap/d | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 358.32 kcal/cap/d | 355.44 kcal/cap/d | 362.18 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 349.95 kcal/cap/d | 336.45 kcal/cap/d | 360.56 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 18 Saudi Arabia 951.06 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 36.31 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Pakistan 948.17 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Lao People's Democratic Republic 34.4 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Norway 932.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 Lebanon 928.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 22 Argentina 908.86 kcal/cap/d compare
- 23 Hungary 907.89 kcal/cap/d compare
- 24 Cabo Verde 315.64 kcal/cap/d compare
- 24 Malta 900.16 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 wheat and products — food supply in Africa?
- Wheat and products — food supply in Africa was 336.45 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 Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 362.18 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 336.45 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Africa rank for wheat and products — food supply?
- Africa ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food supply rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. 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 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.