Nutritional impact: Ethiopia - Sorghum - 2020


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 1,549,203,879,835 kcal 1,823,059 1.7 1,857,503 27.4
Carbohydrate 340,916,252 kg 2,567,555 2.4 2,616,065 38.6
Protein 51,640,129 kg 4,266,660 4.0 5,171,046 76.2
Fat 15,080,746 kg 579,837 0.539 591,771 8.7
Fibre, total dietary 41,129,307 kg 3,473,122 3.2 3,522,446 51.9
Calcium, Ca 68,549 kg 223,882 0.208 170,732 2.5
Iron, Fe 18,737 kg 5,513,013 5.1 5,800,382 85.5
Zinc, Zn 3,656 kg 1,053,627 0.980 1,022,068 15.1
Folate, total 50.3 kg 508,869 0.473 550,895 8.1
Vitamin A (RAE) 27.4 kg 158,724 0.148 168,814 2.5
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.


Sorghum: production - Ethiopia, 2020 3,652,267,000 kg
Sorghum: losses - Ethiopia, 2020 456,992,295 kg

Data version 2.19.3