Nutritional impact: Malawi - Rice - 2013


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Malawi Male, 9-13 years, Malawi
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 56,869,518,236 kcal 68,325 0.357 68,187 5.2
Carbohydrate 12,521,127 kg 96,277 0.502 96,083 7.3
Protein 1,065,279 kg 90,562 0.473 106,673 8.1
Fat 81,945 kg 3,216 0.017 3,216 0.246
Fibre, total dietary 458,889 kg 39,591 0.207 39,301 3.0
Calcium, Ca 491.7 kg 1,616 0.008 1,225 0.094
Iron, Fe 693.3 kg 206,208 1.1 214,612 16.4
Zinc, Zn 180.3 kg 53,069 0.277 50,399 3.8
Folate, total 0.983 kg 10,165 0.053 10,776 0.823
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Malawi 19,164,728
Total population - Malawi;
Male, 9-13 years
1,309,516

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


Rice: production - Malawi, 2013 122,261,000 kg
Rice: losses - Malawi, 2013 16,388,910 kg

Data version 2.19.3