Nutritional impact: Kenya - Rice - 2017


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Kenya Male, 9-13 years, Kenya
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 33,043,246,734 kcal 38,882 0.076 39,619 1.2
Carbohydrate 7,365,506 kg 55,469 0.109 56,520 1.7
Protein 599,947 kg 49,592 0.097 60,076 1.8
Fat 46,150 kg 1,774 0.003 1,811 0.055
Fibre, total dietary 73,840 kg 6,235 0.012 6,324 0.193
Calcium, Ca 738.4 kg 2,418 0.005 1,839 0.056
Iron, Fe 55.4 kg 16,311 0.032 17,144 0.524
Zinc, Zn 101.5 kg 29,258 0.057 28,384 0.868
Folate, total 0.554 kg 5,611 0.011 6,069 0.186
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
Vitamin C - - - - -

Reference data

Total population - Kenya 50,950,877
Total population - Kenya;
Male, 9-13 years
3,270,402

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


Rice: production - Kenya, 2017 69,193,000 kg
Rice: losses - Kenya, 2017 9,229,957 kg

Data version 2.19.3