Yams — Food supply in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Yams — Food supply was 0.91 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Food supply in Eastern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 0.91 kcal/cap/d for yams — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 56.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food supply in Eastern Africa peaked at 2.37 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.58 kcal/cap/d, in 2013.
Eastern Africa ranks 13th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Food supply in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2.37 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2.26 kcal/cap/d | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 2.19 kcal/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 0.58 kcal/cap/d | -73.5% |
| 2014 | 0.6 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 0.86 kcal/cap/d | +43.3% |
| 2016 | 0.77 kcal/cap/d | -10.5% |
| 2017 | 0.69 kcal/cap/d | -10.4% |
| 2018 | 0.63 kcal/cap/d | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 0.93 kcal/cap/d | +47.6% |
| 2020 | 1 kcal/cap/d | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 0.88 kcal/cap/d | -12.0% |
| 2022 | 0.88 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.91 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.19 kcal/cap/d | 0.58 kcal/cap/d | 2.37 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9175 kcal/cap/d | 0.88 kcal/cap/d | 1 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.04 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Cameroon 33.04 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Sao Tome and Principe 17.9 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Micronesia 0.02 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 0 kcal/cap/d
- 12 Colombia 16.81 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Senegal 15.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Fiji 14.45 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 New Caledonia 10.22 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Rwanda 8.95 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 7.92 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — food supply in Eastern Africa?
- Yams — food supply in Eastern Africa was 0.91 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food supply recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.37 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest yams — food supply recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.58 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for yams — food supply?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food supply rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern 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.