Table 2.6: Developing countries with increases in food consumption (kcal/person/day) of 22 percent or more over 17 years or less

 

Period of growth in food
consumption

Kcal/person/day



Income
growth
during
period,1
% p.a.

Cereal food/per capita
(kg)

Cereal production
growth rates
(% p.a.)

Cereal
self-sufficiency

(%)

Cereal net trade
(kg/person)

Agr. GDP
% total
GDP

Agr. popul.
as % of
total pop.

Beginning

No.
years

Beginning

Final year

% increase

Latest
(1997/99)

Beginning

Final
year

Latest
(1997/99)

Period
of cons.
increase

Last ten
years
(1989-99)

Beginning

Final
year

Latest
(1997/99)

Beginning

Final
year

Latest
(1997/99)

1997/99

1997/99

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

1

Gambia

75/77

11

1 742

2 482

42.4

2 574

-5.4

119

171

163

8.8

2.7

49

51

44

-49

-105

-121

30

73

2

Nigeria

83/85

14

1 950

2 813

44.3

2 813

-2.9

122

154

154

5.1

2.6

84

91

91

-26

-19

-19

36

39

3

El Salvador

72/74

17

1 918

2 445

27.5

2 493

-2.0

120

153

152

2.0

0.2

82

75

69

-22

-55

-76

12

34

4

Mali

79/81

9

1 766

2 333

32.1

2 237

-1.7

146

209

193

6.9

2.3

90

95

94

-14

-11

-12

46

84

5

Benin

81/83

16

1 947

2 498

28.3

2 498

-0.2

96

115

115

5.1

5.4

76

87

87

-30

-25

-25

38

53

6

Mauritania

70/72

17

1 878

2 552

35.9

2 690

0.0

104

159

171

5.8

4.9

43

42

22

-65

-114

-231

25

49

7

Chad

82/84

15

1 596

2 117

32.7

2 117

0.2

99

132

132

6.2

6.7

70

96

96

-34

-7

-7

37

68

8

Burkina Faso

80/82

12

1 682

2 455

45.9

2 293

0.4

156

242

219

7.1

2.8

93

94

91

-14

-16

-20

32

88

9

Ghana

81/83

16

1 630

2 546

56.1

2 546

0.8

58

85

85

6.4

5.5

70

84

84

-17

-17

-17

36

54

10

Jordan

73/75

17

2 210

2 862

29.5

2 812

1.4

153

167

174

1.9

-7.0

36

10

4

-95

-406

-364

3

12

11

Nepal

75/77

14

1 850

2 443

32.0

2 293

1.4

160

208

190

3.4

1.9

112

100

101

8

-1

0

41

91

12

Iran

69/71

12

2 094

2 829

35.1

2 928

1.5

146

186

191

3.7

2.8

88

71

69

-15

-88

-99

21

30

13

Syria

69/71

13

2 345

3 246

38.4

3 328

1.7

161

198

221

5.0

7.5

80

60

76

-62

-116

4

no data

28

14

Myanmar

74/76

12

2 110

2 730

29.4

2 787

1.9

172

212

216

4.3

2.7

106

101

101

12

9

3

59

70

15

Philippines

69/71

11

1 808

2 244

24.1

2 332

2.0

115

138

138

4.4

0.3

93

88

75

-22

-23

-63

18

40

16

Peru

90/92

7

1 978

2 551

28.9

2 551

2.4

105

127

127

7.4

4.9

42

47

47

-90

-112

-112

7

31

17

Morocco

69/71

17

2 474

3 020

22.1

3 030

2.5

225

253

250

1.2

-3.0

92

84

54

-20

-76

-118

16

38

18

Algeria

69/71

17

1 840

2 778

51.0

2 933

3.5

151

208

228

-0.4

-1.9

73

27

21

-36

-197

-202

11

24

19

Egypt

69/71

17

2 348

3 105

32.2

3 317

3.8

175

228

251

1.4

4.6

77

49

69

-31

-162

-153

18

38

20

Tunisia

69/71

17

2 360

3 103

31.5

3 341

4.5

173

221

222

0.4

1.9

61

36

45

-83

-201

-199

13

26

21

Indonesia

76/78

17

2 056

2 856

38.9

2 903

5.1

142

197

202

4.3

2.0

89

89

88

-19

-28

-27

18

45

22

China

75/77

17

2 062

2 765

34.1

3 037

7.0

165

209

210

3.1

2.2

98

99

100

-3

3

4

18

69

23

Saudi Arabia

72/74

13

1 774

2 940

65.7

2 957

11.9

110

145

173

22.1

-8.1

20

13

23

-77

-457

-337

7

14

24

Iraq

72/74

14

2 251

3 506

55.7

2 416

no data

155

246

166

0.2

-1.6

94

34

40

-29

-247

-137

no data

12

25

Lebanon

74/76

17

2 318

3 211

38.5

3 231

no data

128

135

136

1.6

2.0

15

12

10

-181

-253

-224

12

5

26

Libya

69/71

7

2 456

3 444

40.2

3 291

no data

148

203

197

10.2

-2.9

27

28

10

-174

-223

-427

no data

9

27

Tanzania

70/72

7

1 723

2 253

30.7

1 926

no data

75

130

115

14.3

0.1

88

99

85

-6

-4

-10

45

72

28

Yemen

70/72

16

1 761

2 166

23.0

2 040

no data

153

172

175

-2.6

0.0

76

40

24

-36

-109

-143

18

49

1 Household final consumption expenditure per capita, except for Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Myanmar, Syrian Arab Republic and Chad where the growth rates are for per capita gross domestic income.
Sources: All FAO, except columns 8 and 20 from the World Bank (2001b).


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