Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity in Africa
Africa: Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity was 3.45 kg/cap in 2023. ▬ Flat
Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity in Africa, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, freshwater fish — food supply quantity in Africa stood at 3.45 kg/cap. 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 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freshwater fish — food supply quantity in Africa peaked at 3.85 kg/cap in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.45 kg/cap, in 2023.
Africa ranks 19th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3.47 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 3.6 kg/cap | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 3.48 kg/cap | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 3.65 kg/cap | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 3.77 kg/cap | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 3.71 kg/cap | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 3.8 kg/cap | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 3.76 kg/cap | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 3.8 kg/cap | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 3.85 kg/cap | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 3.62 kg/cap | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 3.62 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3.53 kg/cap | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 3.45 kg/cap | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.69 kg/cap | 3.47 kg/cap | 3.85 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.56 kg/cap | 3.45 kg/cap | 3.62 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 16 Malawi 8.59 kg/cap compare
- 17 Zambia 8.2 kg/cap compare
- 18 Sweden 8.12 kg/cap compare
- 19 Philippines 7.76 kg/cap compare
- 20 Costa Rica 7.14 kg/cap compare
- 21 Belgium 7.06 kg/cap compare
- 22 Luxembourg 7.03 kg/cap compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 5.54 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 32.26 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 714,851 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 3.78 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 182,147 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freshwater fish — food supply quantity in Africa?
- Freshwater fish — food supply quantity in Africa was 3.45 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest freshwater fish — food supply quantity recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3.85 kg/cap in 2019.
- What is the lowest freshwater fish — food supply quantity recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.45 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Africa rank for freshwater fish — food supply quantity?
- Africa ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is freshwater fish — food supply quantity rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. 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 Freshwater Fish — 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.