Wheat and products — Food in Namibia
Namibia: Wheat and products — Food was 184 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat and products — Food in Namibia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 184 1000 t for wheat and products — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.3% on the previous year and up 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food in Namibia peaked at 184 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 80 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Namibia 136th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Wheat and products — Food in Namibia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 80 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 82 1000 t | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 102 1000 t | +24.4% |
| 2013 | 115 1000 t | +12.7% |
| 2014 | 126 1000 t | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 137 1000 t | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 143 1000 t | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 139 1000 t | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 147 1000 t | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 159 1000 t | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 167 1000 t | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 184 1000 t | +10.2% |
| 2022 | 161 1000 t | -12.5% |
| 2023 | 184 1000 t | +14.3% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 184 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 488 1000 t, 38% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 184 1000 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 256.5 1000 t, 72% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 123 1000 t | 80 1000 t | 159 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 174 1000 t | 161 1000 t | 184 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat and products — food in Namibia?
- Wheat and products — food in Namibia was 184 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 184 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Namibia rank for wheat and products — food?
- Namibia ranks 136th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat and products — Food. 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.