Nutritional impact: Malawi - Rice - 2019


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Malawi Male, 31-50 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 61,572,608,697 kcal 73,975 0.386 54,824 3.2
Carbohydrate 13,556,620 kg 104,239 0.544 77,252 4.5
Protein 1,153,377 kg 98,051 0.512 68,397 4.0
Fat 88,721 kg 3,482 0.018 2,585 0.150
Fibre, total dietary 496,839 kg 42,866 0.224 31,599 1.8
Calcium, Ca 532.3 kg 1,750 0.009 1,823 0.106
Iron, Fe 750.6 kg 223,261 1.2 228,488 13.3
Zinc, Zn 195.2 kg 57,458 0.300 40,635 2.4
Folate, total 1.1 kg 11,005 0.057 9,115 0.530
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Malawi 19,164,728
Total population - Malawi;
Male, 31-50 years
1,720,892

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, 2019 132,728,000 kg
Rice: losses - Malawi, 2019 17,744,268 kg

Data version 2.19.3