Wheat and products — Food supply in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Wheat and products — Food supply was 1,008 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Wheat and products — Food supply in Northern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 1,008 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 2.6% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food supply in Northern Africa peaked at 1,189 kcal/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,008 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Northern Africa ranks 1st of 29 groups 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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,168 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,189 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 1,062 kcal/cap/d | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 1,059 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,061 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,059 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,057 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,047 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 1,056 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1,063 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,063 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,063 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,035 kcal/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 1,008 kcal/cap/d | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,082 kcal/cap/d | 1,047 kcal/cap/d | 1,189 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,042 kcal/cap/d | 1,008 kcal/cap/d | 1,063 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 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 Afghanistan 1,370 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 800 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Eggs Primary — Production, annual growth rate 0.5431 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat and products — food supply in Northern Africa?
- Wheat and products — food supply in Northern Africa was 1,008 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,189 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food supply recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,008 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Northern Africa rank for wheat and products — food supply?
- Northern Africa ranks 1st out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food supply rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern 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.