Nutritional impact: Malawi - Rice - 2020


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 65,960,396,799 kcal 79,247 0.414 58,730 3.4
Carbohydrate 14,522,693 kg 111,667 0.583 82,757 4.8
Protein 1,235,569 kg 105,039 0.548 73,271 4.3
Fat 95,044 kg 3,730 0.019 2,770 0.161
Fibre, total dietary 532,245 kg 45,920 0.240 33,850 2.0
Calcium, Ca 570.3 kg 1,875 0.010 1,953 0.113
Iron, Fe 804.1 kg 239,171 1.2 244,770 14.2
Zinc, Zn 209.1 kg 61,553 0.321 43,531 2.5
Folate, total 1.1 kg 11,789 0.062 9,765 0.567
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, 2020 142,592,000 kg
Rice: losses - Malawi, 2020 19,008,760 kg

Data version 2.19.3