Yams — Food in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Yams — Food was 181 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Yams — Food in Eastern Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, yams — food in Eastern Africa stood at 181 1000 t.
The figure is up 7.1% on the previous year and up 112.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food in Eastern Africa peaked at 322 1000 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 85 1000 t, in 2013.
Eastern Africa ranks 11th of 30 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 177.2 1000 t | 85 1000 t | 322 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 175 1000 t | 166 1000 t | 184 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 8 Jamaica 143 1000 t compare
- 9 Brazil 127 1000 t compare
- 10 Senegal 113 1000 t compare
- 11 Rwanda 51 1000 t compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 46 1000 t compare
- 13 Solomon Islands 43 1000 t compare
- 14 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 41 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 205,889 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 42 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — food in Eastern Africa?
- Yams — food in Eastern Africa was 181 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 322 1000 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest yams — food recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 85 1000 t in 2013.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for yams — food?
- Eastern Africa ranks 11th out of 30 groups with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 112.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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. 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.