Nutritional impact: Ethiopia - Rice - 2004


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Ethiopia All people, 1-3 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 33,920,670,542 kcal 39,917 0.037 94,253 1.0
Carbohydrate 7,561,088 kg 56,945 0.053 134,460 1.4
Protein 615,878 kg 50,886 0.047 161,622 1.7
Fat 47,375 kg 1,822 0.002 4,308 0.046
Fibre, total dietary 75,800 kg 6,401 0.006 15,044 0.162
Calcium, Ca 758.0 kg 2,476 0.002 4,153 0.045
Iron, Fe 56.9 kg 16,727 0.016 34,612 0.373
Zinc, Zn 104.2 kg 30,037 0.028 81,586 0.878
Folate, total 0.569 kg 5,755 0.005 12,980 0.140
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
Vitamin C - - - - -

Reference data

Total population - Ethiopia 107,534,878
Total population - Ethiopia;
All people, 1-3 years
9,291,590

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


Rice: production - Ethiopia, 2004 79,688,000 kg
Rice: losses - Ethiopia, 2004 9,475,048 kg

Data version 2.19.3