Wheat and products — Food supply quantity in Africa
Africa: Wheat and products — Food supply quantity was 44.35 kg/cap in 2023. ▬ Flat
Wheat and products — Food supply quantity in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat and products — food supply quantity in Africa is 44.35 kg/cap, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food supply quantity in Africa peaked at 47.92 kg/cap in 2014 and was at its lowest, 44.35 kg/cap, in 2023.
Africa ranks 23rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Wheat and products — Food supply quantity in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 47.38 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 47.6 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 47.37 kg/cap | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 47.13 kg/cap | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 47.92 kg/cap | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 47.44 kg/cap | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 47.46 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 47.62 kg/cap | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 47.65 kg/cap | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 47.61 kg/cap | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 47.35 kg/cap | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 47.53 kg/cap | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 45.41 kg/cap | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 44.35 kg/cap | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 47.52 kg/cap | 47.13 kg/cap | 47.92 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.16 kg/cap | 44.35 kg/cap | 47.53 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 20 Marshall Islands 135.73 kg/cap compare
- 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.55 kg/cap compare
- 21 Cabo Verde 50.19 kg/cap compare
- 21 Egypt 135.39 kg/cap compare
- 22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 134.65 kg/cap compare
- 23 Hungary 132.53 kg/cap compare
- 24 Mauritius 131.69 kg/cap compare
- 25 Slovenia 130.62 kg/cap compare
- 26 Tonga 129.91 kg/cap compare
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- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3138 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 2.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2987 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat and products — food supply quantity in Africa?
- Wheat and products — food supply quantity in Africa was 44.35 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food supply quantity recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 47.92 kg/cap in 2014.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food supply quantity recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.35 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Africa rank for wheat and products — food supply quantity?
- Africa ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. 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 quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.