Nutritional impact: Ethiopia - Rice - 2018


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 56,614,837,749 kcal 66,623 0.062 67,881 1.0
Carbohydrate 12,619,732 kg 95,043 0.088 96,839 1.4
Protein 1,027,923 kg 84,930 0.079 102,932 1.5
Fat 79,071 kg 3,040 0.003 3,103 0.046
Fibre, total dietary 126,514 kg 10,683 0.010 10,835 0.160
Calcium, Ca 1,265 kg 4,132 0.004 3,151 0.046
Iron, Fe 94.9 kg 27,919 0.026 29,374 0.433
Zinc, Zn 174.0 kg 50,134 0.047 48,632 0.717
Folate, total 0.949 kg 9,605 0.009 10,398 0.153
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
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.


Rice: production - Ethiopia, 2018 126,407,000 kg
Rice: losses - Ethiopia, 2018 15,814,200 kg

Data version 2.19.3