Nutritional impact: Ethiopia - Millet - 2017


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Ethiopia Male, 9-13 years, Ethiopia
Number of people's
annual nutritional requirements lost
% of population
nutritional requirements lost
Number of people
in focal group’s annual nutrient requirements lost
% of focal group population’s
annual nutritional requirements lost
Energy 362,290,471,696 kcal 426,333 0.396 434,388 6.4
Carbohydrate 84,166,262 kg 633,884 0.589 645,861 9.5
Protein 7,289,991 kg 602,321 0.560 729,992 10.8
Fat 1,435,907 kg 55,209 0.051 56,345 0.830
Fibre, total dietary 14,800,891 kg 1,249,846 1.2 1,267,596 18.7
Calcium, Ca 303,750 kg 992,052 0.923 756,537 11.1
Iron, Fe 2,982 kg 877,492 0.816 923,232 13.6
Zinc, Zn 1,325 kg 381,990 0.355 370,549 5.5
Folate, total 11.0 kg 111,812 0.104 121,046 1.8
Vitamin A (RAE) 5.5 kg 31,970 0.030 34,002 0.501
Vitamin C - - - - -

Reference data

Total population - Ethiopia 107,534,878
Total population - Ethiopia;
Male, 9-13 years
6,785,949

2018 population estimates; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, DVD Edition.


Millet: production - Ethiopia, 2017 1,017,749,000 kg
Millet: losses - Ethiopia, 2017 110,454,412 kg

Data version 2.19.3