Yams — Food supply in Africa
Africa: Yams — Food supply was 60.6 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Yams — Food supply in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — food supply in Africa is 60.6 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food supply in Africa peaked at 71.56 kcal/cap/d in 2011 and was at its lowest, 58.14 kcal/cap/d, in 2020.
Africa ranks 3rd of 28 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Yams — Food supply in Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 70.88 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 71.56 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 69.97 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 70.52 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 66.85 kcal/cap/d | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 68.81 kcal/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 69.95 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 71.04 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 70.43 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 71.1 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 58.14 kcal/cap/d | -18.2% |
| 2021 | 60.69 kcal/cap/d | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 60.85 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 60.6 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 70.11 kcal/cap/d | 66.85 kcal/cap/d | 71.56 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.07 kcal/cap/d | 58.14 kcal/cap/d | 60.85 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 Côte d'Ivoire 448.97 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Ghana 384.15 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Melanesia 77.69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Nigeria 224.8 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Gabon 157.79 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Solomon Islands 132.34 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Polynesia 12.02 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Jamaica 122.5 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Papua New Guinea 83.38 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.01 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — food supply in Africa?
- Yams — food supply in Africa was 60.6 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 71.56 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- What is the lowest yams — food supply recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.14 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- How does Africa rank for yams — food supply?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food supply rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.