Nutritional impact: Senegal - Rice - 2021


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Senegal Male, 31-50 years, Senegal
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 550,338,076,387 kcal 660,388 4.1 490,015 32.5
Carbohydrate 123,471,265 kg 948,233 5.8 703,599 46.7
Protein 10,880,610 kg 921,948 5.7 645,236 42.8
Fat 946,140 kg 37,087 0.228 27,571 1.8
Fibre, total dietary 2,207,660 kg 190,208 1.2 140,405 9.3
Calcium, Ca 18,923 kg 62,445 0.383 64,804 4.3
Iron, Fe 2,208 kg 655,941 4.0 672,043 44.6
Zinc, Zn 1,829 kg 538,482 3.3 380,814 25.3
Folate, total 31.5 kg 324,916 2.0 270,017 17.9
Vitamin A (RAE) 0 kg 0 0 0 0
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Senegal 16,294,278
Total population - Senegal;
Male, 31-50 years
1,507,072

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


Rice: production - Senegal, 2021 1,349,723,000 kg
Rice: losses - Senegal, 2021 157,689,993 kg

Data version 2.19.3