Nutritional impact: Malawi - Rice - 2022


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Malawi All people, 1-3 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 62,998,561,929 kcal 75,688 0.395 175,049 9.6
Carbohydrate 13,870,577 kg 106,653 0.557 246,663 13.5
Protein 1,180,088 kg 100,322 0.523 309,686 17.0
Fat 90,776 kg 3,562 0.019 8,255 0.452
Fibre, total dietary 508,346 kg 43,858 0.229 100,893 5.5
Calcium, Ca 544.7 kg 1,791 0.009 2,984 0.163
Iron, Fe 768.0 kg 228,431 1.2 467,559 25.6
Zinc, Zn 199.7 kg 58,789 0.307 156,327 8.6
Folate, total 1.1 kg 11,260 0.059 24,870 1.4
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Malawi 19,164,728
Total population - Malawi;
All people, 1-3 years
1,825,725

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, 2022 136,083,000 kg
Rice: losses - Malawi, 2022 18,155,205 kg

Data version 2.19.3