Nutritional impact: Mozambique - Rice - 2017


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Mozambique Male, 31-50 years, Mozambique
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 67,258,310,578 kcal 81,472 0.267 59,886 2.4
Carbohydrate 14,808,458 kg 114,802 0.376 84,386 3.3
Protein 1,259,882 kg 108,020 0.354 74,713 2.9
Fat 96,914 kg 3,834 0.013 2,824 0.111
Fibre, total dietary 542,718 kg 47,225 0.155 34,516 1.4
Calcium, Ca 581.5 kg 1,918 0.006 1,991 0.078
Iron, Fe 819.9 kg 243,904 0.799 249,587 9.8
Zinc, Zn 213.2 kg 63,300 0.207 44,387 1.7
Folate, total 1.2 kg 12,073 0.040 9,957 0.391
Vitamin A (RAE) - - - - -
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Mozambique 30,528,668
Total population - Mozambique;
Male, 31-50 years
2,546,249

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


Rice: production - Mozambique, 2017 164,222,000 kg
Rice: losses - Mozambique, 2017 19,382,798 kg

Data version 2.19.3